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C the only body still in an identifiable state M'), For example, some of the names of ancient Sri Lankan Tamil kings (mentioned in Mahavamsa) were Sena, Guttika, Elara, Pulahatha, Bahiya, Panayamara, Parinda, Dathiya, and so on, Similarly in South India, the names of the ancient Tamil kings, for example some Chola kings were Kulothunga Chola, Vikrma Chola, Aditya Chola, and so on, Some Pandya kings were Kulasekara Pandya, Vira Wickrama Pandya, Parakrama Pandya, Sundara Pandya, and so on, Some Chera kings were Kulashekhara Varma, Rajashekhara Varma, Rama ugg australia uk Varma Kulashekhara, Goda cheap uggs Ravi Varma, Bhaskara Ravi Varma, Vira Kerala, Rajasimha, and so on,,Neither the epigraphy nor the Pali chronicles mention the ethnic background of the Buddhist kings of Sri Lanka, Since we cannot identify the ethnicity of them from the names, if not for the Mahavamsa, we would have never come to know that these non-Buddhist kings (such as Sena, Guttika, Elara) were Tamils, Similarly, some or most of the Theravada Buddhist kings of Sri Lanka (whose ethnicity is not known) also would have been Tamils but we will never know,This only proves that the present day Sinhalese and Sri Lankan Tamils originate from both Prakrit speaking Nagas, Tamil speaking Damelas (Pandyans & Chola), and all the other tribes that lived in the island other than the Veddas,According to historians, it was only during the 9th century AD, the term Nagas totally disappeared from the stone inscriptions and the two major ethnic groups Hela/Sihala and Demela clearly appeared, Historians believe that the Nagas were assimilated into the two major ethnic groups Hela/Sihala and Demela, The Archeologist/Historian Dr, Parnawitharana says, "We know next to nothing about the pre-historic autochthonous people of Sri Lanka, They could have been the ancestors of the present day Sinhalese and Tamils,",As per Prof, K, Indrapala, 'The Sinhalese and Tamils of Sri Lanka are descended from the common ancestors who lived in the country in prehistoric and proto-historic times and have a shared history going back to over two thousand years', If we agree with these historians, the people who call them Sinhalese and Sri Lankan Tamils today originate from the same stock, What is seen from the evidences is that the Tamil identity of Sri Lanka was not only parallel to the Sinhala identity but also parallel to that of the Tamils of Tamil Nadu, It is not merely an extension of the Tamil identity of Tamil Nadu, The Sri Lankan Tamil social formation is an evolution and is a result of people interacting with the land of Sri Lanka throughout its phases of history,,Analyzing the Sinhala writings called Vittipota, W,A, De Silva states that from very early times the island was colonized by people from all parts of India, Therefore those inhabiting this country should not say that they belong to some one particular family or race,,The Sinhalese argue that they are unique to Sri Lanka (there is no other Sinhala Nadu) and therefore Sri Lanka is a Sinhala country, We should not forget that the Arab/Muslim traders married local (Sinhala/Tamil) women and therefore their decedents share the same ancient ancestry of the Sinhalese/Tamils, Since the Malay and Portuguese did not bring their womenfolk but married local women, even the Malays and Burghers also share the same ancestry, The fact is, as a race, not only the Sinhalese but also the Sri Lankan Tamils, Sri Lankan Muslims, Burghers, Malays and Veddas are all unique to Sri Lanka, they have no other place on earth, the only difference is they adopted a single language where as the Sinhalese adopted Sanskrit, Pali, Tamil, Vedda, a very few words from unknown origin and later Portuguese, Dutch, English and developed a new language (due to their heavy mixing),,1,6, Ancient Sri Lankan heritageThe ancient Sri Lankan heritage, the Vevas (tanks/reservoirs), Dagobas (dome enshrining sacred relics) and all other massive ancient structures were constructed by the Buddhist Nagas and Demelas (not Sinhalas), The development of wet rice cultivation, a rudimentary tank system, and iron technology were common features of development for both Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu, The tanks and fields, which were the main support of the kings and their armies and a large body of priests and monks, were damaged frequently either by wars between rival kings of the island supported by their sponsors in the Chola or the Pandyan country or through natural forces as well as sheer neglect,, Repairs to these tanks and the maintenance of irrigation and cultivation could not be affected without the aid of specially trained men from the Tamil country,, Sir James Emerson Tennent, Colonial Secretary to the British Government of Ceylon (1845-1850) tells us even during his time, the expertise/services from Tamil country had to be obtained for repairing tanks in the North Central Province,,1,7, Tamil Names TwistedThe Mahavamsa written a millanium after the events took place and a century after Deepavamsa, has added mythical/supernatural stories and legends (from Indian epics, not from mysterious Sihalattha katha) that are not known to Deepavamsa and at the same time some names/stories were twisted, Let me mention an example,The Deepavamsa does not say king Panduvasudeva, it says Panduvasa,,As per B,C, Law,"It may as well be a,Pali,or,Prakrit,equivalent of,Pandya Vasa,meaning one from the,Pandyan,country i,e,, A,Pandya,by his nationality",,,(B, C, Law, ibid, p, 52),How Pandu-Vasa in Deepavamsa became Pandu-Vasudeva in Mahavamsa is a mystery, (Vasudeva must have been adopted from the Indian epic Gita), The name Panduka is apparently of the same import,, After the death of Panduvasa (Panduvasudeva) his eldest son Abhaya became the lawful king,,,Panduvasudeva's mother is said to have been the daughter of the Mada king (The evolution of an Ethnic Identity: The Tamils in Sri Lanka C, 300 BCE to C, 1200 CE', it was in the nineteenth century, under the British rule, that the British officials adopted a keen interest in the history of the island, The European discovery of the Pali chronicles, the publication of ugg boots sale uk early translations of the Mahavamsa and the acquisition of information relating to the ancient ruins lead to the first serious British attempt to write the early history of Sri Lanka in the middle of the nineteenth century,,2,1, Aryans and DravidiansThe colonial Orientalist Aryan migration' from North India during the proto-historic period, This myth created the foundation for the authoritative history of the island, conditioning the minds of the people from generation to generation and it still continues to the future generation, In reality, there is no objective evidence of an Aryan migration from North India; the ethnic structure in Sri Lanka is quite South Indian with close affinities to Tamil Nadu and Kerala, Many renowned Historians, Archaeologists, Geologists, Epigraphists, Genealogists, Anthropologists, etymologists and Linguistic Scholars have engaged in research, on the ancient history of Sri Lanka for more than 30 years, conducting Archaeological excavations, The latest Archeological and Genealogical discoveries in Sri Lanka using modern technology show that not only the Flora and Fauna but the people of South India and Sri Lanka are of the same stock, This has been further established by findings relating to their culture, language and religion which show that the people of these two regions were closely connected, The recent excavations in Rajarata (Anuradapura) by Dr, Siran Deraniyagala and a team of archeologists discovered a very large number of inscribed potsherds with Brahmi writings going back to the 4th century BC, very clearly indicating that Anuradapura was settled by people who have adopted the South Indian Megalithic culture, Nevertheless, the modern archeologists and historians accept that the ancient people of Sri Lanka belonged to the Dravidian Language family and followed the Dravidian (Megalithic) culture, The findings also show that there was a strong similarity between the ancient people of Sri Lanka and those of South India, The geographical proximity of Sri Lanka and South India with 22 miles of shallow sea could have been the reason,,On the other hand, even the South Indian great Pali scholar Buddhaghosa who came to Sri Lanka from Tamil (Chola) country in the 5th Century AD and made a remarkable contribution to Buddhism was depicted (in the Mahavamsa) as a Brahmin from North India and born near Bodh Gaya showing a clear bias towards North Indians (Magadhi) against South, It also failed to mention the other South Indian Tamil Buddhist scholars such as Buddadatta and Dhammapala who worked with Buddhaghosa and contributed to the Pali canon,,1,3, Against MahayanaThe Mahavamsa is also highly biased towards Theravada against Mahayana, It failed to mention the influx of Mah
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