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3. Evolution of Political Power in Sri Lanka Introduction Historical sources say that this country was ruled by many kings and a ...
Illustration No. 3.1. One among the householders in a village was appointed as the chief of the village. He was called ‘Gamika’. ...
thought about the villages as ‘our village (the village where they live)’, neighbouring village (adjoining village) and the outs ...
did that happen? In about 900 B.C. the settlements spread in the dry zone mainly around small tanks. These tanks received water ...
something important was happening behind it. Earlier we mentioned that the villages were situated separately in the dry zone. Fu ...
Fig 3.2. This necklace which was discovered in the Ibbankatuwa burial ground belonged to the period between 700 and 450 B.C. Thi ...
situated in the middle of the sea trade route that connected western countries with the eastern countries, that it became an imp ...
Further, the inscriptions provide us information about the treasurers, cashiers, and storehouse keepers who held the post of Par ...
were some examples. The history provides evidence to prove how even kings such as Elara and Nisshankamalla, who had foreign orig ...
a second queen of king Dhathusena. Apart from this, there were occasions when the kingship went to the brother of the king’s con ...
trade affairs which was prospering in the Indian Ocean during his time, from the then king Elara who had usurped the power in An ...
King Vijayabahu I King Vijayabahu I is another prominent and a great ruler who belongs to the history of this country. The king ...
Important Facts At the early stages the political power in Sri Lanka was in a decentralized nature. The chieftains who were po ...
4. The Ancient Society of Sri Lanka Introduction The majority who live in any society at any given time is the general public. R ...
in Nikawella had come representing the council (Sabhawa) to offer a plot of land called Kerelegama to the nunnery called Mahinda ...
temple called Piyangukatissa there. This clearly shows the manner in which the officers of the central government had been appoi ...
Sri Lanka had marital relations with neighbouring countries. This reflects another way that Sri Lanka maintained its foreign rel ...
Fig. 4.2. A scene of a newly arranged Chena (Nawadeli Hena) A new chena, which has been cleared by setting fire to it, is called ...
Illustration 4.1 A Chena is a beautiful scene. The hut, which was built for the farmer to stay at night to protect the Chena fro ...
Kanna’ and ‘Maha Kanna’ and also depended on the abundance of water. The main need of the dry zone to maintain paddy cultivation ...
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