The Ancient Period About 2600 years ago ... and the separate Sinhalese kingdom of Kandy rose to power in the central hills. The division of Sri Lanka into a Tamil north and east, and a Sinhalese south ...

JAFFNA/MULLAITIVU: In the Tamil-majority northern province of Sri Lanka, as a road turns uphill ... of Archaeology now recognises this as an ancient Buddhist site of significance.

Both had escaped Sri Lanka’s wantonly vicious civil war, pitting the army, controlled by the majority Sinhalese, against Tamil rebels ... tourist pleasures—the ancient temples at Dambulla ...

The Sri Lanka Tamil Women’s Union celebrates its centenary today ... and the union has consistently endeavoured to keep alive a love and interest in this ancient heritage. An English-medium education ...

80 million this year. What was most welcome to this writer was the singing of Sri Lanka’s national anthem in Tamil also. The national anthem was sung in Sinhala at the beginning of the ceremony.

This is the essential content of the program advanced by the Revolutionary Communist League for a United Socialist States of Tamil Eelam and Sri Lanka.” [2] 25-4. The ICFI statement also began ...

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the Centre to consider the application for Indian citizenship submitted by a Sri Lanka Tamil refugee. She came to India in 1984 when she was ...