Sri+Lanka

Sri Lanka was occupied by hunter-gatherers until the 6th period B.C. when a tribal group of India named the Sinhalese came and named it Sinhaladwipa, which in English is Ceylon. The most significant event of Sinhaladwipa’s history is probably the entering of Buddhism in the 3rd century. This country was the furthest reaching of emperor Asoka’s missions. Sri Lanka is still greatly affected by this religion, and it really gives it meaning that the country is called “the tooth of Buddha” After the Buddhist family came in power of the throne, their main problem was that a tribe of Hindu from the south part of India called the Tamil was disturbing the northern area of their country. By the 12th century, the Tamil gained control of the northern part of the country. Beginning in the 1500s by the Portuguese, different areas of Ceylon were colonized. After then, they were partly colonized by the Dutch, but the biggest impact were the English, who took a violent hold of the country in 1803 and ruled until 1948. And like African countries, colonialism started a whole new conflict in The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

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