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The Statesman’s Year-Book

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HISTORY. According to the Mahawansa chronicle, an Indian prince from the valley of the Ganges, named Vijaya, arrived in the 6th century b.c. and became the first king of the Sinhalese. The monarchical form of government continued until the beginning of the 19th century when the British subjugated the Kandyan Kingdom in the central highlands.

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  1. John Paxton
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© 1986 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited

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Paxton, J. (1986). Sri Lanka. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271159_154

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