Thursday, May 25, 2006

History of Sri Lanka


Sri Lanka's history is one, which faded years ago. It is known mainly in two ways firstly as a Buddhist country and secondly as demon Rawana's Lanka where Lord Ram skipped to rescue Sita. It's actual history starts from 4th century B.C. when Sinhalese kingdom of Anuradhapura developed as the strongest kingdom of all, but with the coming of Mahinda, son of the great Buddhist emperor Ashoka in 3rd century B.C the King and his followers were soon converted to Buddhism

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