Buddhism and its historical monuments in Sri Lanka

The Sinhalese lived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C.,. Buddhism was introduced beginning in about the mid-third century B.C., and a great civilization developed at the cities of Anuradhapura (kingdom from circa 200 B.C. to circa A.D. 1000) and Polonnaruwa (from about 1070 to 1200). In the 14th century,2006(Ethnic groups:Sinhalese 83.8%, Sri Lankan Moors 7.2%, Indian Tamil 3.6%, Sri Lankan Tamil 3.9%, other 0.5%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data/Religions:Buddhist 79.1%, Muslim 7.6%, Hindu 7.1%, Christian 6.2%, unspecified 10% (2006 census provisional data)/

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[blogislam]

good job

[laliths]

Nice one brother!

[ritigalya]

very artistic

[bvsr1108]

nice song please show buddha loving nature to tamil people also

[Chamath5]

Last song ws stupid Denna denna doesnt match eith the visuals

[Chamath5]

Proud to be srilankan

[michaelw2711]

the song and pictures take me back to some forgotten memories with my family in srilanka when I was a kid on holiday there. I miss that.

[NickVenture1]

Too much to see...

[rokkalarajan]

very nice ..the name of the places must be displayed in English...then it will be more useful to the unknown people...

[sampathnishantha]

Excellent video