Search The Web! Search The Web! Search The Web! Search The Web! Free Travel Cheap Tickets Auction Newsletter Immigration Affiliate Make Money Sri Lanka History The actual origins of the Sinhalese are shrouded in myth. Most believe that they came to Sri Lanka from northern India during the 6th century BC. Buddhism arrived from the subcontinent 300 years later and spread rapidly. Buddhism and a sophisticated system of irrigation became the ...

Leaders of Sri Lanka (Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka; to 1972, Ceylon) [To the list of countries] [To the ZPC Homepage] (Active names link to their correspondant biography at the CIDOB website) Note: from the independence on 4 Feb 1948 to the proclamation of the Republic on 22 May 1972 the head of State was the British monarch, represented by a Governor-General. Parties: EJP: United National Party; SLNP: Sri Lanka Freedom Party; SLMP: Sri Lanka People's Party (in coalit ...

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