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Sri Lanka
What
may stick you most about Sri Lanka is amazing diversity of scenery. It is
possible to pass brilliant green paddy field, sun-bronzed beaches, ruined
cities, small lively villages, near desert regions, sanctuaries for wildlife in
tropical jungles, and hill country tea plantation literally within hours of
each other.
Ancient Sanskrit literature
refers to Sri Lanka as “Sinhaladvipa” – Island of the Sinhalease. The people
called by that name have inhabited this island from earliest historical times.
Traditions recorded in the historical chronicals of Sri Lanka trace the origin
of the Sinhalease to an exiled North Indian prince, Vijaya, and his retinue,
who settled down in the island and established the Sinhalease kingdom in the
6th c. B. C. However, the earliest recorded viviliation dates back to 380 BS,
when Anuradhapura (205Km from Colombo) was established as the first Capital
City. Following the advent of Buddhism in the 3rd Century BS, a civilization
rich in Indo-Aryan culture took root. It produced the great cities with their
“dagabas” which compare, and even exceed in size, t
he pyramids of Egypt,
palaces and pleasure gardens, rich art and architecture and the gigantic
irrigation works, many of which are still in use today
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