CULTURAL AFFINITY BETWEEN INDIA AND SRILANKA-A HISTORICAL STUDY
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CULTURALAbstract
The ancient and Medieval relation of Srilanka is to India as originated in India. Budhism , the state religion of modern Srilanka originated from ancient India.Most of the Simhalese were the Indo-Aryan migrated to Srilanka from the north-east India specifically from Kalinga. The founder of the Simhalese kingdom in Srilanka was Bijay, the Kalingan prince of India. The second ethnic group of Srilankan population were the Tamils migrated from south India. From many a time Chola rulers of South India built many Hindu and Budhist temples and stupas. If we go to the epics it was the Indians who ruled Sinhala of Lanka in the name of Ravan and his brother Bibhisana who were Indian origin.Present Srilanka is an independent kingdom from British administration like India. Thus both the countries are the legacies of Indians and heritage of the country.)
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