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  2. Sigiriya - Wikipedia

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    This site may have been important in the competition between the Mahayana and Theravada Buddhist traditions in ancient Sri Lanka. In Professor Senarath Paranavithana 's book The Story of Sigiri , King Dathusena is said to have taken the advice of the Persian Nestorian Priest Maga Brahmana on building his palace on Sigirya.

  3. Prince Vijaya - Wikipedia

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    Sinhasivali. Prince Vijaya (c. 543–505 BCE) was a legendary king of Tambapanni, based in modern day Sri Lanka. His reign was first mentioned in Mahāvaṃsa. He is said to have came to Sri Lanka with a seven hundred followers after being banished from Sinhapura. However, there is no archaeological evidence of this.

  4. Viharamahadevi - Wikipedia

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    The princess was brought before the king in a procession. The king, on hearing her story, was so impressed that he decided to marry the princess who had been so brave and patriotic to sacrifice her life for her country. As a part of the legend it's said as she reached the shore at a spot close to the Lanka Vihara, she was named Viharamahadevi.

  5. Dutugamunu - Wikipedia

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    Dutugamunu the Great (Sinhala: දුටුගැමුණු, lit. 'Duṭugæmuṇu', [duʈugæmuɳu] [2]), also known as Duṭṭhagāmaṇī Abhaya, was a king of the Anuradhapura Kingdom [3] who reigned from 161 BC to 137 BC. He is renowned for first uniting the whole island of Sri Lanka by defeating and overthrowing Elara, a Tamil trader ...

  6. Naga people (Lanka) - Wikipedia

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    The Naga people are believed by some to be an ancient tribe who once inhabited Sri Lanka and various parts of Southern India. There are references to Nagas in several ancient texts such as Mahavamsa, Manimekalai, Mahabharata and also in other Sanskrit and Pali literature. They were generally represented as a class of super-humans taking the ...

  7. Relic of the tooth of the Buddha - Wikipedia

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    According to Mahavamsa-Great Chroniacl of Sri Lanka(as a World Heritage Book by UNESCO) and Dāṭhāvaṃsa-Great Chronical of Sacred Tooth Relics of Buddha, when the Buddha died in 543 BC, his body was cremated in a sandalwood pyre at Kushinagar and his left canine tooth was retrieved from the funeral pyre by his disciple, Khema.

  8. The Three Princes of Serendip - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] [5] Serendip is the Classical Persian name for Sri Lanka (Ceylon). [ 5 ] The story has become known in the English-speaking world as the source of the word serendipity , coined by Horace Walpole because of his recollection of the part of the "silly fairy tale" in which the three princes by "accidents and sagacity" discern the nature of ...

  9. Sanath Jayasuriya - Wikipedia

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    1996 India-Pakistan-Sri Lanka. Runner-up. 2007 West Indies. Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 April 2021. Deshabandu Sanath Teran Jayasuriya (Sinhala: සනත් ‌‌ටෙරාන් ජයසූරිය, Tamil: சனத் ஜெயசூர்யா; born 30 June 1969), is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and captain, who is widely regarded as ...

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