Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) is a pear-shaped island off of the southern coast of India, which obtained its independence from Great Britain in 1948. Sri Lanka has a Buddhist majority, and the Tamils are in a Hindu minority and have been fighting for their own independence.[1]
Veddas are the aborigines of Sri Lanka, some still live in a wild state, they are extant between Kandy and the East coast.[2]
Reference
- ↑ http://www.conservapedia.com/World_History_Lecture_Thirteen
- ↑ Nuttall Encyclopedia of General Knowledge, article on Veddas originally published in 1907 written by Reverend James Wood