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- | image =Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon 1960 (cropped ... | order =Prime Minister of Sri Lanka | term_start = | term_end = ...10 KB (1,551 words) - 09:08, 9 October 2022
- Dambulla Cave Temple (also known as the Golden Temple of Dambulla ... east of Colombo and 72|km|mi north of Kandy. The largest and best-preserved ...13 KB (1,949 words) - 18:09, 24 January 2024
- (Senkadagalapura), a city in the center of Sri Lanka. The name Kandy derives ... most often shortened to Nuvara. The capital of the Central Province and Kandy ...14 KB (1,979 words) - 16:07, 28 February 2025
- The Ancient City of Polonnaruwa, designated a World Heritage Site ... A great deal of the credit for establishing the Polonnaruwa kingdom ...12 KB (1,690 words) - 13:34, 7 March 2026
- Sacred fig (Ficus religiosa) is a species of banyan fig, characterized ... Two famous representatives of sacred fig are the Bodhi tree and the ...10 KB (1,612 words) - 20:37, 17 April 2023
- to hold the office as Executive president) of Sri Lanka (November 12, 1994 ... President. In power, she pursued a policy of economic liberation and emphasized ...18 KB (2,650 words) - 01:16, 4 December 2023
- His name means "Voice of the Buddha" in the PÄli language ... as the most important commentator of the Theravada. Hinüber, 1996 ...14 KB (1,973 words) - 17:39, 30 April 2020
- Sigiriya (Lion's rock) is a rock fortress and ruins of a palace ... similar to the paintings in Ajanta Caves of India. Sigiriya has an upper ...13 KB (1,914 words) - 02:07, 29 December 2025
- ) refers to a town situated on the southwestern tip of Sri Lanka, ... ornate pepperpot towers. The Fort, like most of the forts in Sri Lanka, sits ...17 KB (2,690 words) - 03:58, 18 April 2024
- is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka. Located on the west ... western plains region. The recorded history of Sri Lanka is usually taken to ...24 KB (3,541 words) - 00:54, 9 December 2024
- Anuradhapura, one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, has earned ... Founded in the fourth century B.C.E., Anuradhapura served as of the ...16 KB (2,354 words) - 19:30, 14 April 2026
- most likely die in the process. The means of such attacks have included ... Although suicidal attacks have occurred throughout history—as with ...11 KB (1,667 words) - 21:41, 26 February 2023
- Colonel Henry Steel Olcott (1832-1907), founder and first president ... farm. Olcott later published a genealogy of his family that traced him ...16 KB (2,428 words) - 11:43, 14 July 2024
- Rajendra Chola I, the son of Rajaraja Chola I, the great Chola king ... tribute from Thailand and the Khmer kingdom of Cambodia. Rajendra stood as ...15 KB (2,288 words) - 00:10, 8 December 2022
- Singapore, lies within walking distance of another historical site, the ... The founding missionary of the Burmese Buddhist Temple in Singapore ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 18:46, 22 November 2023
- ("son of Krittika"), Shanmukha ("one with six faces"), ... is both the youthful God of war and the patron deity of Tamil Nadu ...19 KB (2,947 words) - 06:40, 4 February 2025
- selection blocked by the presence of Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh ... Cricket has a history of over 200 years in India, becoming the unofficial ...17 KB (2,478 words) - 06:16, 4 February 2025
- The recorded history of Sri Lanka is usually taken to begin in the ... * De Silva, K. M. A History of Sri Lanka. New Delhi: Penguin Books ...43 KB (6,205 words) - 16:20, 5 December 2024
- garment in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. A sari is a very long ... long decorative borders running the length of the sari, and a one- to three ...21 KB (3,235 words) - 21:18, 20 January 2025
- the Indo-Aryan language. Populations of Dravidian speakers live mainly ... The origins of the Dravidian people and language has been difficult ...24 KB (3,241 words) - 17:33, 30 January 2024
