2) Sri Lanka. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Sri Lanka, (sre langīk) (KEY) [Sinhalese,=resplendent land], formerly Ceylon, ancient Taprobane, officially Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, island republic...

3) d. Ceylon (Sri Lanka). 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...d. Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Ceylon traditionally received Buddhism from Ashoka under 1 ?247-?207 B.C.E Devanampiya Tissa, who founded the Mahavihara or Great Monastery...

4) Sri Lanka. The World Factbook. 2003
... Background:The Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C., probably from northern India. Buddhism was introduced beginning in about the mid-third...

5) 1977, Feb. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...1977, Feb Sri Lanka's worst wave of strikes in 20 years. 1 July Mrs. Bandaranaike and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) were defeated in elections by the United...

6) d. Ceylon. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...d. Ceylon 846 The capital of Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka) was moved south to Polonnaruva to escape Tamil invasions. 1 1001-17 The two great invasions (1001-4 and 1014-17)...

7) 1995, Jan. 8. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...1995, Jan. 8 A truce went into effect in Sri Lanka between government and rebel groups. 1 1996, Jan. 31 Rebels bombed Colombo, the capital, killing dozens. 2 1999,...

8) 1959, Sept. 26. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...was named to replace him. 1 1960, July 20 In parliamentary elections, the opposition Sri Lanka Freedom Party and its allies won an overwhelming victory over the ruling...

9) Kandy. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Kandy, (kanīde) (KEY) , city (1995 est. pop. 108,000), capital of Central prov., Sri Lanka, on the Kandy Plateau. Once the capital of the Sinhalese Kandyan kingdom,...

10) Masudi, Abd al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Husayn. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Arab historian, geographer, and philosopher, b. Baghdad. He traveled in Spain, Russia, India, Sri Lanka, and China and spent his last years in Syria and Egypt. His...