Talk:Sri Lanka/Archive 2

Indo-Sri Lankan Accord
The section does not mention any actual accord.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/7752_1605741,004100180006.htm notes: "The Sri Lankan government felt cheated because it believed that it was on the verge of crushing the LTTE when the Indians intervened politically and militarily.

The LTTE, on the other hand, feared that the accord was but an Indian ploy to thwart its plans to secure an independent "Tamil Eelam".

From the mid 1980s, the LTTE has believed that India is basically using Tamil militancy in Sri Lanka only to browbeat Colombo into backing its own geopolitical interests.

... India did help the Tamils get a modicum of recognition and power through the unification of the Tamil-speaking North and East and the setting up of a North Eastern Provincial Council (NEPC) with some devolved power under the new 13th amendment to the Sri Lankan constitution.

But to the LTTE, the 13th amendment was a far cry from an independent Tamil Eelam.

..."

Pgan002 20:46, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

removed some alleged business about rajiv gandhi
someone edit the info about the rajiv gandhi murder by LTTE and put in alleged

someone removed the line about rajiv gandhi being murdered by LTTE, and said it was alleged. It is not alleged the indian court some proved it was done by the LTTE and have passed sentence on it. even anton balasigham in a press conference in 2002 accepted it and said it was a regrettable event.

I also edited these

""Many nations have contributed Tsunami aid to help Sri Lanka but it is alleged that much of the money has been swindled by politicians. It is estimated that only 17% of the relief aid has been spent on what it was intended for.""

none of this have been proved, also the politicians have alleged that its the NGO's which are swindling the money.

"" In December 2005, following a brutal gang rape and murder of a Tamil woman by Sri Lankan Soldiers (Ilayathambi Tharsini)(such incidents have happened many times before, including Krishanti Kumaraswamy), ""

this has not been proved as done by the navy, only the ltte says so

a encyclopedia is not a place for alleged information, it should be based on facts.

Pre-History
Please note this is an Encyclopaedia and not a Buddhism class under a tree in Sri Lanka. Mahavamsa is a myth, and is world renowned for being such. Further the topic of pre-history is hotly debated by many scholars, and any description must include the fate of the Jaffna Library which contained several thousand artefacts, supportive of the Tamil version.

Pre-History Lankaupdate
Yes since those artifacts are no longer avaiible or are around to prove such things you can only assume they supported the Tamil verision, for all we know they have have supported no side, secondly this is not a political debate this is a encyclopedia not a place to rewrite history or too air your personal views. We have to mainatin neutral tone regardless of our own personal opinions, unless you can come up with credible source for such information please stop editing pre-history and other parts of SRi Lankan articles if you are going to make them poltically bias. For example you stated the "Sri Lankn parliament permanantly has a buddhist majority who abuses its power".. this is not porven secondly the North-East areas controlled by LTTE were not allowed to vote becuase of the LTTE ban and intimidation on them. How can this be blamed on others?, it is recorded by most human rights, international observers taht LTTE carried such actions out. Therefore your claims about "permanant majority" are false and secondly you have no creible source to back up such a claim.

Thank you

Pre History
Regardless of which side of the coin the artefacts in Jaffna Library may have supported, a mention of the Library and its fate are essential to any neutral account of Pre-History. The fact that the library was burnt down by Sinhala mobs and Sri Lankan MPs, speaks volumes in itself.

Secondly, can you name me a non-Sinhala Buddhist President of Sri Lanka? Or even a Prime Minister for that matter.

It is widely accepted SWRD came to power in 1956, riding on Sinhala Buddhist sentiments.

Look at the census of Sri Lanka; you would know that the island has a Sinhala-Buddhist permanent majority.

You also have to accept the fact that the Mahavamsa is a MYTH.

Please stop trying to convey the Mahavamsa as a factual chronology, in what is essentially an Encyclopaedia.

Response to Lankaupdate
Not it does not speak volumes they are a few extremists, you can't judge an entire ethnic group ion the basis of a few bad apples. Its fate is not essential as we don't have any account of what it contained specfically.

It does not matter, the United Kingdom has never been a non Protestant PM in United KIngdom since it began operating under parliamentary system until Tony Blair who's wife is catholic not him does that mean anything no it does not effect the nation one bit they still do there job regardless of religion. Has the United sates ever had a Hispanic or Black president no, they have not and they have been independant for 230 years? making your point baseless and irrelevant to the matter. Sri Lanka had a Tamil Christian "Kardigmar" as Foriegn minister, until the very same lTTE assassinated him.

Yes he campaigned to get votes from Buddhists which is fair any politician would want to get a large share of the votes? He was trying to promote Sinhala culture however he was later killed by those very same Buddhists.. funny how he was shot by a Buddhist Monk.

Yes whats wrong with being a majority, every nation has majority.. that doesn't mean anything unless they vote along ethnic or religous lines. USA has a large Protestant majoity yet they voted in JFK who was a Catholic, India has a large Hindu majorty yet they have had three muslim presidents.

So it is you who needs to stop conveying myths.

Once Again
Let us not turn into an argument about the rights and wrongs of the Tamil struggle for freedom.

The bottom line is regardless of which side of the argument the artefacts in Jaffna Library may have supported; its fate must be mentioned in any neutral description of pre-history.

Just because a few rotten politicians were responsible, we can not wipe away that particular event from history.

The fact that Sinhala mobs felt it was necessary to burn so many thousands of treasures does indeed speak volumes.

Secondly, the Mahavamsa is a MYTH, and that’s not just Tamil propaganda.

So please stop trying to portray it as being a factual account of the pre-history of the island of Sri Lanka.

There are plenty of websites; Asiantribune; Lankatruth; to name a few, where you can carry on with you mythical banters.

Unfortunately this is an Encyclopaedia, and as such articles need to be balanced and factual.

ending Argument
Its is not a myth research and facts prove your statement wrong, however I never said it was Tamil propaganda. I never denied that saying the University was not burnt.. but first when did this protest take place, secondly can you prove it was only Sinhala within those mobs, a neutral source would be very appropiate.

The Asia Tribune is bias based on your own opinion, I have read the Asia Tribune once or twice due to links, yes it seems to sometimes carry a slight anti-LTTE tone hardly mean its completely bias. Secondly I have never heard of Lankatruth.

I also dont want an arguement either but it seems we are yet to reach an agreement

END
I don’t see any value in continuing a ‘discussion’ about the history of the island of Sri Lanka with someone who believes that the Mahavamsa is a not a myth.

Prehistory
I have added the Tamil version of Prehistory, in order to give a balanced view.

I have not made any reference to the burring of the Jaffna Library by Sinhala mobs, as some feel that mentioning the even is not ‘neutral’.

Further, if you feel that my contribution needs to be edited or even deleted then please state your reason below.


 * what made you think all tamils hold the view that the mahavansa is a myth?? did you conduct a census on this ??
 * futhermore did you know that the dipavansa has the same information about ravana??
 * did you know ravana DID NOT RULE FROM trincomalee??

SPUR
Please note that this is not an advertisement platform for any one website.

One link to the index page to a website or a more specific Sri Lanka page is appropriate.

I have seen, and edited several links to the SPUR.ASN website. Several of the site’s pages are being linked from here.

This is biased editing, and inappropriate use of Wikipedia. Please stop.

mahavamsa & sinhala
is the word sinhala ever used in mahavamsa??? the first time the word sinhala is used in the 6-7th century, while the mahavamsa was complied long before that.

does the mahavamsa tell the history the sinhalese or the history of buddhism?? even the mahavamsa itself says it tells the history of buddhism.

so it is wrong to write that the mahavamsa tells the history of the sinhalese.

Ravana a Buddhist??
someone edited the history section saying Ravana was a Buddhist. Ravana lived before buddha. what were you thinking????

and lemuriya?? please read that article on Wikipedia before making useless edits.

RE : Ravana a Buddhist??
Bro Gauthama Buddha was not the only Buddha born in this world according to the Buddhist cronicles. There were 28 buddhas before sidhartha Gauthama. Shiva is also believed in some places as a previous Buddha, before Gautama Buddha. If you know the acient dances in pahatharata Sri Lanka there are parts coming from the period of Ravana ( rakshasas ) which mentions about Buddhism before Gauthama.

Chandrika Prasad Jidnyasu has observed that Ravana was contemporary of Buddha and has attended His discourses and believed in Buddha's karuna and non violence. Acharya Narendra Deva in his "Buddha Darshna describes Ravana asking one hundred questions to the Buddha about Buddhist doctrine like Nirvana. [p.53-54, Ravana aur Uski Lanka] Ravana has accepted the concept of Nibbana and Shunyata of the Buddhists. The society, worshiping totems, naturally was against Vedic Yajnyas. Ravana and Buddha both were believers of nonviolence, and were the heroes of struggle against Yajnyas. Adivasi Ravana and Buddha and Charwaka were criminals in the eyes of Aryans. [p.28, Chandrika Prasad Jidnyasu: "Ravana Aur Uski Lanka"] These mentions about Buddhas in these ancient Indian books does not talk about Gauthama Buddha either,. It refers to Previous Buddha’s.

Gauthama Buddha himself has mentioned about previous 28 Buddha’s … U probably would have heard about in one life of Buddha he was in the period of kashyapa Buddha. Please read more in “Thripitaka”, “pansiyapanas jathakaya” & many ancient Buddhist cronicles ( I would give more refferences to you probably when I remember )

In Appendix No.1 of Part 3 of the book Riddles of Hinduism 1995 By Dr. Babasaheb B.R.Ambedkar It also says,.. “Ravana was a Buddhist and considered by Dalits as a great hero. The Riddles in Hinduism is a scholarly work by the greatest intellectual of India, though an Untouchable. The text of his writings on Rama and Krishna are based on Hindu scriptures.” There are more evidence in our pahatharata yaksha dancing traditions if you would search more,.. SO DO NOT CALL THEM NONSENCE JUST CAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW THE FACTS.

Sri Lankan Buddhists traditionally held Ravana in respect, perhaps knowing he was one of their own ancestors. The famous Buddhist Sutra, the Lankavatara, looks to Sri Lanka as a holy land and the Sutra is given in honour of Ravana himself, who is styled as the king of the Yakshas. Even a close study of the Ramayanaya, particularly the last book or Uttara Kanda, reveals that Ravana was a "Hela" living under Buddhist peceptions.

& to write about the continent of Lemuria this answer would be much longer,. Please search in google for lemuria & see,. Hope you will understand. Thnks for your reply anyway. & why don’t you singn in so we can discuss this further if you have further questions regarding the editing I did.

amodha 11:23, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

removed edits without reliable published sources & copyrighted
before making edit provide reliable published sources.

Bulletin boards, posts to Usenet and Partisan websites do not qualify as reliable sources <- wikipedia policy.

also your edits show clear plagiarism, many of your sentences are found intact in the sources you provided.

RE : removed edits without reliable published sources & copyrighted
tell me the unreliable source I have used as a published source,.. I have used the same www.lankalibrary.com source as well as you,.. You have used the same to prove what you say. And I dont see any plagmarism in it. You say my sentences are found intact in the sources I provided. which is the same site you have used to prove ur edits,. Then how can that site be plagmaric when I quote something from it & not plagmaric when you quote from it,.. ??????

amodha 15:13, 11 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Bulletin boards, posts to Usenet and Partisan websites do not qualify as reliable sources <- wikipedia policy.


 * I did not provide any sources, i only put the last version back.


 * Content must not violate any copyright and must be verifiable. You agree to license your contributions under the GFDL. <- wikipedia policy.


 * your edit incorporate direct sentences from those sources.


 * i even left some of your edit which i found to be verifiable & not adirect cut& paste. and your edit consists of many grammer & spelling mistakes


 * its not nice to made very big change to an already established article, first raise the changes on the discussion page for the article - and then if none disagrees then add it again

RE : removed edits without reliable published sources & copyrighted
The last version which you puts back quotes the same site as the source I have provided In my editions,. Thus the point you saying my sources are unreliable is bogus, cause then the last version should be deleted too as it provides the same site as the source. & I have not deleted anything from the last version for you to put it baack I have added some more & edited some centences. It does not violate the rules by any means. If You think that source is unreliable why do you bring the previos version which quotes the same source as me,. then dont bring that as well,..............

what do you mean edit incorporated direct sencences from the source,. is it wrong,.. ?? so If I jumble the sentence a bit & put it with a different set of words it is acceptable is it,.. Focus on the facts not the language used. & dont delete everything. explain the things you deleted with quoting them so that I know what your point is,.I do not get what fact u dis agrees to,..

"""The Island of Sri Lanka has an written history of over 2,500 years and an unwritten history for more than 300,000 years attested to by archaeological ruins and other evidence,on the island of Heladiva ('Sri Lanka') Historical chronicles are found in stone writings (‘sel lipi’), leaf writings (‘Hela Atuva’) and also in great Indian chronicles as Mahabharata and the Ramayana. The main historical written evidence updated even today is the Mahavamsa, also including Dipavamsa & Cholavamsa."""


 * what "other evidence" are you talking about?? what is that sentence supposed to mean??
 * this is about sri lanka not 'Heladiva', if you want to talk about 'Heladiva' start a new article aboit it. like there is one for tamileelam
 * there is no such thing as Cholavamsa, dont you even know the correct spelling??
 * this section is about the pre-history of sri lanka what does (‘sel lipi’), leaf writings (‘Hela Atuva’)have to do with it??
 * your spelling & grammer is wrong.
 * cite source that the mahavansa is updated today?/
 * "historical written evidence " is that supposed to make sense?
 * dont you understand the nature of GFDL??

"""The island presently known as 'Sri Lanka' was originally known as ‘Simhale’ or 'Heladiva' ('the island of the Hela(Comprising of naaga, yaksha, deva & raksha tribes) people') for over 30 millenia."""


 * this section belongs in the 'Names of Sri Lanka' article not is the pre-0history section


 * where is your source for dental morphological analysis?? you provided a Bulletin board as source which is not accepted.


 * there are you satisfied??

Reply -- Ok Now we are talking,. here you go with answeres for each question separately,...


 * what "other evidence" are you talking about?? what is that sentence supposed to mean??

Well I get it I agree the word other evidences is quite wave, But the other evidences r the Historicle chronicles, books Like Mahavamsa, Choolavamsa, Thupavamsa, Dipavamsa & morst importantly Folklore. Anyway if you do not like the word No worries lets delete the word "Other evidence" or elaborate it. Agreed on that mate.


 * this is about sri lanka not 'Heladiva', if you want to talk about 'Heladiva' start a new article aboit it. like there is one for tamileelam,...

When Sri lanka was handed over to the British in 1815, The document they signed is still available for everybody to see in the National museum. In that agreement( document) Sri lanka is mentioned as "Heladiva". The name Sri lanka is a very reasent one. Thus Heladiva has been used for Sri lanka & when we have got practical evidence for it why cant we state Sri Lanka was called hela diva at one time. & dont compare it with Tamil elam.


 * there is no such thing as Cholavamsa, dont you even know the correct spelling??

The Choolavamsa, is a medieval Buddhist chronicle compiled by the monk Dhammakirthi. Cholavamsa / choolavamsa / chulavamsa / culavamsa or how ever you spell it in English,... is a sinhalese name, It is not an English word thus you cannot say choolavamsa with double "O" is correct or cholavamsa with a single "O" is or with "U" is correct. Anyway to end the conflict lets say "Chulavamsa" is correct, so be happy.
 * this section is about the pre-history of sri lanka what does (‘sel lipi’), leaf writings (‘Hela Atuva’)have to do with it??

Cause (‘sel lipi’), leaf writings (‘Hela Atuva’) are resourceful sources in diging out our Prehistory. There are (‘sel lipi’) in all arround sri lanka dating back over 10 000 years. To say a few would be sel lipi in Mathale kuveni maligaya, sel lipi near kuveni pokuna, vishwa chakraya in Anuradhapura, ect.... And leaf writings (‘Hela Atuva’) which are important in regard with prehistory are medical (desheya vaidya) leaf writings which describs about ancient medical treatments, surgeries. These are sometimes quoted as "ravana bauddha vedakama". And leaf writings (‘Hela Atuva’) about Pahatharata dance rituals decribing ravana history & rituals of great warriors such as Ravana, Mahasen ( katharagama), Bali, Taraka, Hiranya Kashyapa etc.... Thus these has something to do with the prehistory. Hope you'll learn more about history mate.


 * your spelling & grammer is wrong.

Ok I'll correct it If I see. But I dont see anything wrong with it. Probably could be. will correct it.Anyway there are many spelling & grammar mistakes in the current article too,. better delete them too,.. ;-|


 * cite source that the mahavansa is updated today?/

Well I tried looking for sources But did not have much time to search the entire database,. In 1977, the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, J.R. Jayewardene, extended the chronicle to the beginning of his administration and "great emphasis has been placed throughout the history of Buddhism in Sri Lanka on the idea that the connection between past and present must be unbroken I am 100% sure about the fact but as I have abide with the rules in here will not write it till I find a source.


 * "historical written evidence " is that supposed to make sense?

Answered this ealier,...
 * dont you understand the nature of GFDL?? I do..

"""The island presently known as 'Sri Lanka' was originally known as ‘Simhale’ or 'Heladiva' ('the island of the Hela(Comprising of naaga, yaksha, deva & raksha tribes) people') for over 30 millenia."""
 * this section belongs in the 'Names of Sri Lanka' article not is the pre-0history section

Nope naga raksha, deva, yaksha are not names of the country,..!!! They are the names of the tribes,. & when mentioning the unity of these four "HEla" tribes in prehistoric times the connection between simhela has to be writen in prehistory in my openion.


 * where is your source for dental morphological analysis?? you provided a Bulletin board as source which is not accepted.

Well this was an article in the newspaper by By Asgar Hussein about the research. this is the article which I found,. will attach this original research artical in the next edit are you satisfied now,.. ?

reply to amodha

 * """Sri Lanka possesses a written history """"


 * possesses??. that is not how you write.


 * """The island presently known as 'Sri Lanka' was originally known as ‘Simhale’ or 'Heladiva' ('the island of the Hela(Comprising of naaga, yaksha, deva & raksha tribes) people') for over 30 millenia.""""


 * sri lanka known as?? is supposed be in the names of sri lanka. the current name of the country is sri lanka use that only. if you want to use 'Heladiva' or anything else amend the constitution.


 * """leaf writings (‘Hela Atuva’"""


 * provide proof that leaves more than 2500 years old have survived to today.this section is about the pre-history of sri lanka. do you have any prehistorical (‘sel lipi’), leaf writings (‘Hela Atuva’)??


 * """Sri Lanka possesses a written history of over 2,500 years and an unwritten history of over 125,000 years attested to by archaeological ruins and other evidence, of """


 * so people are supposed to guess in a encyclopedia??


 * BP here BP there is it supposed to blood pressure??, use the standard way


 * """There is secure evidence of settlements ""


 * secure? do you have bonds?? is that a sentences ??, write proper sentences


 * """Several minute granite tools of about 4 centimeters in length, earthenware and remnants of charred timber, & clay coffins that date back to the Stone Age man Mesolithic Man who lived 8000 years ago have been discovered during recent excavations around a cave at Varana Raja Maha vihara & also in Kalatuwawa area."""


 * "clay burial pots" - use proper words. double man?? your source??


 * """Studies using the ground-breaking technique of dental morphological analysis has clearly indicated that skeletal remains at Pomparippu (who probably lived around 500-1000 BC) and the Austro-Asiatic people of Eastern and North Eastern Indian Indus Valley Civilisation of Harappa clearly indicate they possessed dental traits much more similar to Sinhalese, which is completely different from the Dravidian people in southern India. And its also noteworthy that veddas ( decendants of yaksha tribes ) teeth bear a closer resemblance to that of Balangoda Man.
 * Another important conclusion from this dental morphological analysis, is that those communities of Balangoda Man lived in Sri Lanka less than 10,000 years ago possessed different dental morphological traits than contemporary Indian groups. This indicates that although the two countries were then probably connected by the land link known as Adam's Bridge, the gene flow between its peoples even during that period was not significant."""


 * i read the pdf you provided and it does not suppoer what you write here


 * again you are coping and pasting


 * ravana is a buddhist??
 * read the ramayana please


 * """The earliest chronicles The Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa say that, before the migration of the Indo-Aryans, tribes of naaga, yaksha, deva & raksha inhabited the island. They are said to have lived in highly developed urban areas in all regions of the country."""


 * provide proof that they lived in all regions of the country


 * PLEASE DONT COPY&PASTE IT IS ILLEGAL. rearanging a few words is not enough


 * lastly cite your sources and add all you want.

'''After you have finished editing please post it here, so we can find if there are any errors or omissions & other users can give their feedback. after that you can post it on the article. '''

Reply --


 * """Sri Lanka possesses a written history """"
 * possesses??. that is not how you write.

Then how do you write, there is nothing wrong in writing a country or somebody "pessesses a history", It has been used in various instances & it is not wrong. Just dont try to act smart.


 * """The island presently known as 'Sri Lanka' was originally known as ‘Simhale’ or 'Heladiva' ('the island of the Hela(Comprising of naaga, yaksha, deva & raksha tribes) people') for over 30 millenia.""""
 * sri lanka known as?? is supposed be in the names of sri lanka. the current name of the country is sri lanka use that only. if you want to use 'Heladiva' or anything else amend the constitution.

There is no need to amend the constitution to mention that the country was called Heladiva previously. I told you this before too & I am repeating that Sri lanka has been mentioned as "Heladiva" in the agreement signed by the udarada rulers & the British government when the Island was handed over to them in 1815. & I recon it is important to mention that when talking about its prehistoric era its unique language, its unique values and its unique traditions.


 * """leaf writings (‘Hela Atuva’"""
 * provide proof that leaves more than 2500 years old have survived to today.this section is about the pre-history of sri lanka. do you have any prehistorical (‘sel lipi’), leaf writings (‘Hela Atuva’)??

Well (sel lipi) - anuradhapura vishva chakraya, kuveni naga pokuna, mathale kuveni maligaya, kaleniya vibheshana devalaya, are some few places you can find prehistoric sel lipi (hela atuwa) as I stated before they do not necesarily have to be older than 2500 years to prove the prehistory,. you can read what is sated in them about the prehistoric times.I've discribed it in a previous reply.


 * """Sri Lanka possesses a written history of over 2,500 years and an unwritten history of over 125,000 years attested to by archaeological ruins and other evidence, of """
 * so people are supposed to guess in a encyclopedia??

Done,. cleared it.


 * """Several minute granite tools of about 4 centimeters in length, earthenware and remnants of charred timber, & clay coffins that date back to the Stone Age man Mesolithic Man who lived 8000 years ago have been discovered during recent excavations around a cave at Varana Raja Maha vihara & also in Kalatuwawa area."""
 * "clay burial pots" - use proper words. double man?? your source??

Yes it is clay burial pots. That is the proper word used for them.


 * """Studies using the ground-breaking technique of dental morphological analysis has clearly indicated that skeletal remains at Pomparippu (who probably lived around 500-1000 BC) and the Austro-Asiatic people of Eastern and North Eastern Indian Indus Valley Civilisation of Harappa clearly indicate they possessed dental traits much more similar to Sinhalese, which is completely different from the Dravidian people in southern India. And its also noteworthy that veddas ( decendants of yaksha tribes ) teeth bear a closer resemblance to that of Balangoda Man.
 * Another important conclusion from this dental morphological analysis, is that those communities of Balangoda Man lived in Sri Lanka less than 10,000 years ago possessed different dental morphological traits than contemporary Indian groups. This indicates that although the two countries were then probably connected by the land link known as Adam's Bridge, the gene flow between its peoples even during that period was not significant."""
 * i read the pdf you provided and it does not suppoer what you write here


 * ravana is a buddhist??
 * read the ramayana please

I've answered this previously.


 * """The earliest chronicles The Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa, say that, before the migration of the Indo-Aryans, tribes of naaga, yaksha, deva & raksha inhabited the island. They are said to have lived in highly developed urban areas in all regions of the country."""
 * provide proof that they lived in all regions of the country

Proof is provided in the article Ramayana provides many cities of yaksha tribes, kalaniya, central provinces arround hortain plains, ritigala. Kuveni ( yaksha ) stories - mannarama, anuradhapuraya, mathale. And also as I have stated in the paragraph, in Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa If you have ever read them you will know about the nagadeepa (naga kings chulodara & mahodara), kalaniya (naga King Maniakkhika),ravana related names in horton plains, katharagama (mahasen),Ravana, Bali, Taraka, Hiranya Kashyapa etc.... Great civilization has developed at the cities of  Mannar, Trincomalee, Anuradhapura, Tissamaharama, Kelaniya Digamadulla, Kalpitiya, Nagadeepa, Matale and Lankapura and Bintenna even before the arrival of king Vijaya. These are also proved by archiological evidence, pahatharata & udarata dance rituals & most importantly forklore. Then recent excavations of balangoda man in various places arround the Island. How many do I have to provide as such. Dont you know atleast a little bit of history.


 * BP here BP there is it supposed to blood pressure??, use the standard way

BP is the standard way of saying the Conventional radiocarbon ages (BP. Thus it is standard.


 * """There is secure evidence of settlements ""
 * secure? do you have bonds?? is that a sentences ??, write proper sentences

Tell me the reason why you object to call the evidence secure ?. Anyway I'll delete the word secure till you give a reason.


 * PLEASE DONT COPY&PASTE IT IS ILLEGAL. rearanging a few words is not enough

OK


 * lastly cite your sources and add all you want.

'''After you have finished editing please post it here, so we can find if there are any errors or omissions & other users can give their feedback. after that you can post it on the article.

amodha 12:11, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

why wont you listen??
1. stop posting from copyrighted materials

2. ‘Simhale’ or 'Heladiva' are names ans therefore belongs here Names of Sri Lanka

3. dental morphological analysis you still have not provided any sources. i read the link you provided & it has nothing on waht you say.

4. Please you references when providing source links.don't litter the main article it

5. your texts contain lots of spelling & grammer errors

6. provide source confirming that the "ancient tribes" lived in all parts of the country.

7. partisan websites & board posts are not reliable sources.

Please refer to Ahmoda's Talk page
I would like to point you both to the addition I have made to Ahmoda's Talk page. I can see that feelings are running high here, but would like to make the following comments. Thank you. --Brerbunny 00:40, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Nobody's spelling and grammar are perfect. I can see several mistakes in both of your edits and additions to the talk page.
 * There's no need to be personally offensive, you are both trying to improve the page's contents and are thus working towards the same goal.
 * I feel that before you both make changes forwards and backwards, you ought to consult other users of Wikipedia as to the veracity and need of your changes. Let this be an area for discussion amongst several users so that we can get a larger consensus on how this page ought to be constructed.
 * Please don't make this into a frozen page to which no-one can make additions or edits.
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Mediation Cabal
Recently, user Brerbunny requests assistance from Mediation Cabal. Can both users list things they want to change about this article? Thanks. Olorin28 00:51, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Economy of Sri Lanka
Does anyone know how much money Sri Lanka makes because of gemstone exports (if they do at all?)? I'm pretty sure they make quite a bit because of this. Evan Robidoux 00:54, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Mahavansa is not history
Saying the Mahavansa and the Deepavansa are accurate historical records of the island is like saying the Bible is an accurate historical record of the middle east, or calling the Mahabharata an accurate historical record of India. The Mahavansa is full of holes and political propaganda (biased towards whoever was supporting the monks writing it).

I agree the Mahavansa did comment a lot on what was going on at that point but it's just not reliable as a record. Like a thousand years from now, do you think they Daily News archives will be an accurate record od what's going on now? It's full of bias. And that's a newspaper, which is supposed to be accurate and unbiased!

My point being, Mahavansa should not be hyped. It's very important that we have a document that claims to be a 2000 year written history, but it's just not verifiable. I added a section in history called written history and put it in there along with with Ramayana and the Mahabaratha.

Morquendi 08:58, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

summerising history
I am going to summerise the history section in the main Sri Lanka page as there is now a Sri Lankan History Page. Morquendi 07:34, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

history summerised
I have cut down the history segment in the Sri Lanka main page drastically. IMHO there was a lot of stuff in there that should have gone into the politics section or the history main page. Morquendi 17:57, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Tabrobana
The article phantom island brought me to the article Taprobana which then redirected me to this Sri Lanka article. What is Taprobana? --Abdull 11:31, 25 March 2006 (UTC)


 * An old name for an island in the Indian Ocean. Probably Sri Lanka and Sumatra at different times

eppawala ?!
I found this quote on the edge.org website:

You will never have heard the name "Eppawala". This is a project of a US-Japan consortium to mine phosphate in gigantic quantities from a mountain in Sri Lanka, destroying a thousand-year-old irrigation system, numerous antiquities, and many villages and compensating the locals on a typical Third World scale with a minute fraction of the profits — profits which hardly exist if one were to count the true cost of the project. It is a staggering example of the misuse of economic reasoning which characterizes third world "development" projects. Not just third world, in my opinion!

PHILIP W. ANDERSON is a Nobel laureate physicist at Princeton and one of the leading theorists on superconductivity. He is the author of A Career in Theoretical Physics, and Economy as a Complex Evolving System.

How come this subject is totally absent from Wikipedia?

Island Names
Nothing to do with personal preferences, it DID used to be called "Sinhathweepaya". Remove it if you want.


 * I really don't think protests about the name change are relevant here. It seams out of place. The name section should be mainly focus on what Sri Lanka used to be called and what it's called now. So I'm removing that bit of text.--snowolfd4 22:35, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Banned/Proscribed
Perhaps "proscribed and banned" could be used for the status of ltte?

"Proscribed" itself is good enough I suppose. I only make this point about "banned" because that is the actual, factual, status of the terrorist organisation in the EU, USA, India and Canada, and other countries.
 * Banned by itself would not make sense (LTTE is banned from doing what?). The topic of the sentence in question is the LTTE. The ones who are banned are presumably the citizens of certain countries from travelling to LTTE-controlled areas. To make the sentence read logically, maybe we should put a separate sentence saying that so and so countries have imposed travel bans to the area. Polaron 16:11, 30 April 2006 (UTC)


 * What's history if names are removed ?. I've been to Sri Lanka and the old names are still used at various places be it geological sites or simply the serendib hotel, old names have meanings and they should be added to a topic as names.

Diacritics
Why isn't it written with a diacritic? (Śri Lanka)

Happy new year
New year thoughts from Canada to Sri Lanka. . . with love, and wishes for a land that shall be free, peaceful, prosperous and trilingual! Credmond 13:12, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Featured article?
With Bangladesh all set to be the latest featured article, it leaves only Sri Lanka as the last major country in South Asia that needs to be worked on. Anyone interested? =Nichalp  «Talk»=  18:37, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

I don't know enough about Wikipedia feature article rules or customs to have a useful opinion really, but I do think that "Sri Lanka" is turning into a very nice, balanced and informative piece of work. The "Economy" section needs some trimming, and no doubt there are improvements that could be made elsewhere. The biggest limitation really is that most readers do not have Sinhalese available in their browsers, so the introductory section looks mangled. Credmond 19:04, 13 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I can guide you with the rules and suggest sources if you're interested in a complete rewrite of the article. A Sinhalese might be a problem, but we can always have a workaround. Regards, =Nichalp   «Talk»=  17:18, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

I dont know if you guys know this but the India article is losing its featured status. Someone needs to work on it badly.
 * It won't lost it. The nomination was made in bad faith and could have easily been addressed by a message on the talk page. =Nichalp   «Talk»=  09:16, 24 April 2006 (UTC)