- Introduction
A secret, amazing,
wonderful places to wash out your heart… IT’S Sri Lanka…
Known as the ‘Pearl of the
Indian Ocean’, Sri Lanka offers travellers palm-studded beaches, rolling
plantations and sacred sights steeped in spirituality. With charming people,
mysterious ruins and some of the best cuisine in the world, Sri Lanka’s
hypnotic essence will remain with you long after you come home.
Sri Lanka has
maritime borders with India to the northwest and
the Maldives to the southwest. Its
documented history spans 3,000 years, with evidence of pre-historic human
settlements dating back to at least 125,000 years. Its geographic location and
deep harbours made it of great strategic importance from the time of the
ancient Silk Road through to World War II.
A diverse
and multicultural country, Sri Lanka is home to many religions, ethnic groups,
and languages.[11] In addition to the
majority Sinhalese, it is home to large
groups of Sri Lankan and Indian Tamils, Moors, Burghers, Malays, Kaffirs and the aboriginal Vedda. Sri Lanka has a rich
Buddhist heritage, and the first known Buddhist writings of Sri Lanka,
the Pāli Canon, dates back to the Fourth Buddhist
council in 29 BC. Sri Lanka's recent history has been marred by a thirty-year civil war which decisively ended
when Sri Lankan military defeated Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 2009.[15]
Sri Lanka is
a republic and a unitary state governed by a Semi-presidential
system. The legislative capital, Sri
Jayawardenepura Kotte, is a suburb of the commercial capital and largest city, Colombo.
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