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    Sri Subodharama Raja Maha Vihara (Also known as Karagampitiya Vihara) is a historic Buddhist temple situated at Dehiwala in the Western province, Sri...
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  • Pirivena, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Sri Pushparama Vihara, Ratmalana Sri Subodharama Raja Maha Vihara, Dehiwala Aluthepola Ganekanda Raja Maha Vihara, Minuwangoda...
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    The Transitional period of Sri Lanka spans from the end of the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa, in 1232, to the start of the Kandyan period in 1597. The period...
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  • The Sri Lankan Kaffirs (cafrinhas in Portuguese, කාපිරි kāpiriyō in Sinhala, and காப்பிலி kāppili in Tamil) are an ethnic group in Sri Lanka who are partially...
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    Christianity is a minority religion in Sri Lanka. It was introduced to the island in first century. Traditionally, after Thomas the Apostle's visit in...
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    போர்த்துக்கேய இலங்கை) is the name given to the territory on Ceylon, modern-day Sri Lanka, controlled by the Portuguese Empire between 1597 and 1658. Portuguese...
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    established in present-day Sri Lanka by the Dutch East India Company. Although the Dutch managed to capture most of the coastal areas in Sri Lanka, they were never...
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  • an ethnic group in Sri Lanka, of mixed Portuguese and Sri Lankan descent. They are largely Catholic and some still speak the Sri Lanka Indo-Portuguese...
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    The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome. The country comes under...
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  • Baila music (category Music of Sri Lanka)
    music, popular in Sri Lanka and among Goan Catholics in India. The genre originated centuries ago among the Portuguese Burghers and Sri Lankan Kaffirs....
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    Vanni chieftaincies (category Sri Lankan Tamil history)
    coast to Panama and Yala, during the Transitional and Kandyan periods of Sri Lanka. The heavily forested land was a collection of chieftaincies of principalities...
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  • Sri Lanka Indo-Portuguese, Ceylonese Portuguese Creole or Sri Lankan Portuguese Creole (SLPC) is a language spoken in Sri Lanka. While the predominant...
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    Dutch–Portuguese War (category Wars involving Sri Lanka)
    Dutch with eight million guilders and ceded the colonies of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and the Maluku Islands (part of present-day Indonesia). On August...
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    Sinhalese monarchy (category Political history of Sri Lanka)
    trace them to Shakya princes who accompanied the sapling of the Sri Maha Bodhi to Sri Lanka. The last dynasty of the Anuradhapura period, the second Lambakanna...
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  • This is a timeline of Sri Lankan history, comprising important & territorial changes and political & economic events in Sri Lanka and its predecessor...
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    Sri Lanka Sports in Sri Lanka Cricket in Sri Lanka Football in Sri Lanka Netball in Sri Lanka Rugby union in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka at the Olympics Sri Lanka...
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    Ganga invader Kalinga Magha, and successfully expelled him in 1255, unifying Sri Lanka under one rule. He succeeded his father Vijayabahu III as King of Dambadeniya...
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  • List of Sinhala words of Portuguese origin (category Sri Lanka-related lists)
    Portuguese origin came about during the period of Portuguese colonial rule in Sri Lanka between 1505–1658. This period saw rapid absorption of many Portuguese...
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    Dehiwala East Grama Niladhari Division (category Grama Niladhari divisions of Sri Lanka)
    Province, Sri Lanka. It has Grama Niladhari Division Code 540. National Zoological Gardens of Sri Lanka, Sri Subodharama Raja Maha Vihara and Christ...
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    Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom (category Wars involving Sri Lanka)
    Portuguese traders arrived at the rival Kotte kingdom in the southwest of modern Sri Lanka in 1505. Many kings of Jaffna, such as Cankili I, initially confronted...
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    Malayan invasions of Sri Lanka occurred in the mid-13th century, when the Malayan ruler Chandrabhanu Sridhamaraja of Tambralinga, invaded Sri Lanka twice during...
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  • In Sri Lanka, the names Mestiços (Portuguese for "Mixed People") or Casados ("Married") referred to people of mixed Portuguese and Sri Lankan (Sinhalese...
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  • Guththila Kawya (category Transitional period of Sri Lanka in fiction)
    text book-ගුත්තිල වෙණ නද (2014). ගුත්තිල වෙණ නද (PDF). Sri Lanka: Department of education Sri Lanka.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list...
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    Crisis of the Sixteenth Century (category Transitional period of Sri Lanka)
    of the Sixteenth Century was the later part of the Transitional period of Sri Lanka, that began with the decline of the Kingdom of Kotte, with the Vijayabā...
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    Lascarins (category Sri Lankan ceremonial units)
    romanized: Lacukkāriṉ or Lascareen, Lascoreen and Lascarine) is a term used in Sri Lanka to identify indigenous soldiers who fought for the Portuguese during...
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    This is a bibliography of works on Sri Lanka. Blaze, L. E (1995). History of Ceylon. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-81-206-1074-3. Blaze, L. E (1995)...
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  • Anavamadarshin (category Sri Lankan Buddhist monks)
    such as Varahamihira and Bhoja-raja. This book is the most important Sanskrit-language astrological text from present-day Sri Lanka. It deals with omens,...
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    Sinhalese–Portuguese conflicts (category Battles involving Sri Lanka)
    the series of armed engagements that took place from 1518 AD to 1658 AD in Sri Lanka (then known to Europeans as Ceylon) between the native Sinhalese and...
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  • This is a list of years in Sri Lanka. 1s 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10s 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20s 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30s 30 31 32 33 34 35...
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  • List of captain-generals of Portuguese Ceylon (category Lists of office-holders in Sri Lanka)
    of Sri Lanka List of captains of Portuguese Ceylon List of captain-majors of Portuguese Ceylon History of Sri Lanka List of heads of state of Sri Lanka...
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