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whatsoever the situation, you approach related to Tamil issues in Sri Lanka is wrong.

You must support democratic approach with a strong leadership among Tamils but not a terrorist and arrogant type approach

There is neither Hindu no Buddhist cultural things can be seen (temple, or kowil ) no any stature or coinds were found no any cities were developed

SINHALA speaking SINHALESE is a culture that evolved in Sri Lanka.

This is same as French native to France and Italians native to Italy and Germans native to Germany. These people may have same blood lines, but that does
not make Italians having homelands in Germany or France.

I am talking about the existence of Tamils in Sri Lanka in the pre-historic period and the existence of Tamil Kingdoms in the north-east of Sri Lanka

Jews have been living in various parts of the Eurpoe for last 3000 years including Germany. Applying Eelamists' logic, Germany must be an independent Jew homeland. :-) Fabulous!.

For that matter, Tamils live in USA, UK, Canada, Australia, NZ and they will continue to live and build Kovils for another hundreds of years. But that doesn't make them eligible for 'homelands' in respective countries :-)

German Jews have lived in Germany for over 1700 years, through both periods of tolerance and spasms of anti-Semitic violence, culminating in the Holocaust and the destruction of the Jewish community in Germany and much of Europe.

The history of the Jews of France dates back over 2,000 years. In the early Middle Ages, France was a center of Jewish learning

In Sri Lankan we feel we are natives and that is why the claim for equality.

Why can?t you call both ancestors or both invaders.

If that existed, surely Prof Indrapala must have said that, isnt it? :-)) You can believe in Myths -- the choice is yours :-)

In view of this limitations and difficulties, while we may claim to have added something to our knowledge of the history of the Tamils of Ceylon, the account presented here is inevitably incomplete and not always definite. We have often been led to state our conclusions in hypothetical terms.

Needless to say, that dissertation is now completely out of date. My own perspective and interpretations have changed since its completion. More importantly,significant developments, both in terms of archaeological research and changing historical perspectives, have taken place in the last four decades.

From pre-historic times, its people have been, to use contemporary term, multi-cultural. From the myriad cultural groups that were there in the pre-historic period, about 2500 years ago, two major ethnic identities, the Sinhalese and Tamils, began to evolve in the Early historic period

Again, you are trying to justify the possible presence of Tamils in Sri Lanka and claim an Independent Homeland on that

Please do not look at everything with a 'separation-phobia'. The issue I am arguing is not about separation is justified or not. As I have indicated many a times, I am dead against separation. I am talking about the existence of Tamils in Sri Lanka in the pre-historic period and the existence of Tamil Kingdoms in the north-east of Sri Lanka. Some might use that to justify a separate state in the North-East but not me.

Just because Tamils were in SL does not make them entitle to have an independent homeland. What Indrapala says is that until 12 CAD, there was NOT EVEN TAMIL IDENTITY in Sri Lanka, let alone a Kingdom.