2) 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...

3) f. Sri Lanka (Ceylon). 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...f. Sri Lanka (Ceylon) After gaining independence from Great Britain in 1948, Sri Lanka experienced escalating ethnic conflict between the majority Sinhalese and the...

4) Sri Lanka. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...in 1948. In 1972 the island was declared a republic, and it adopted the Singhalese name of Sri Lanka. Colombo is the capital and the largest city. Population: 17,865,000....

5) Sri Lanka. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...Sri Lanka (sree LAHNG-kuh) Formerly Ceylon, now an island republic in the Indian Ocean just southeast of India. 1 A British colony since 1796, the island became independent...

6) 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...

7) Colombo. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Colombo, (klum´bo) (KEY) , largest city (1995 est. pop. 750,000) and capital of Sri Lanka, a port on the Indian Ocean near the mouth of the Kelani River. The original...

8) Sinhalese. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...or Singhalese1. A member of a people constituting the majority of the population of Sri Lanka. 2. The Indic language of the Sinhalese that is the chief language of...

9) 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...

10) Ceylon. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Ceylon, see Sri Lanka....