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Who benefits from Chinese loans to Sri Lanka? Colombo is borrowing from China but pumping the money into the Chinese not Sri Lankan economy. And here s the catch: Chinese loans by Exim bank are mainly offered to buy Chinese products and services.`
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 23 Nov 2010 05:36:16 GMT Report for Abuse
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Oh kitty pus! in full swing :)if sihala and sinhala different :)
demala ,dravidaya must not be same then
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 23 Nov 2010 05:37:31 GMT Report for Abuse
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THIS IS THE FAMILY HISTORY OF THE LNP BUTLER KONAPPU BANDARA....:)))LOL
The Yakadadolis languished in their own villages awaiting a rare charika (tour) by the king. Yet they seem to have been well treated. Extensive land grants had been made to them and males in the families raised to BANDARA status.
Good nite Sinhalass..... :)) |
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23 Nov 2010 05:51:27 GMT Report for Abuse
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| This must be very serious since the news is from two sole experts in ports, uktamilnews and tamilguardian |
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 23 Nov 2010 06:16:04 GMT Report for Abuse
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| It's really nice to see all these Tamils and their think-tanks and circles spending so much time worrying about Sri Lanka's future and well being. What a selfless bunch, such care and concern about a poor little country that's not even theirs. |
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23 Nov 2010 10:23:33 GMT Report for Abuse
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Looks like the DonkeyGuardian and Manju have joined the long list of poor sods with a huge case of sour grapes :)))
THIS IS THE FAMILY HISTORY OF THE LNP BUTLER KONAPPU BANDARA....:)))LOL
Let's not forget whose grandmother came over to Sri Lanka with her REDDA KAREY =D
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It's really nice to see all these Tamils and their think-tanks and circles spending so much time worrying about Sri Lanka's future and well being. What a selfless bunch, such care and concern about a poor little country that's not even theirs.
LOL! Yes it's very kind of them indeed. I remember them being very worried about our soldiers and advising us to buy 200,000 bodybags just two years ago. Very good bunch :))) |
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25 Nov 2010 02:15:06 GMT Report for Abuse
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Thivya,
Who are these Sihala people?
Maybe they are tamils..
Thinking,
We had this conversation before, I do not like to discuss history with you because you have no clue whatsoever. So I did not want to waste my time with you, however I hope this might help you enlighten yourself and appreciate the fact that the Tamils are part of the island of Eelam( or Lanka)from the beginning of history.
'The term Sihala is found in the Mahavamsa only in its first few opening chapters, where it is said that the followers of Vijaya were called Sihala because his father killed his father - a lion - and hence was called Sihabahu. But Sihabahu's sister and queen, who played no part in the killing of her father, the lion, was called Sihasivali. Hence it has to be concluded that Sihabahu and Sihasivali were so called because they were the children of a lion - probably a bold and strong personality who lived in the jungles as an outlaw. Thus we find that the followers of Vijay were called Sihalas not because of the leader and founder but because of his father who banished them. This being a fanciful explanation one has to look for the origin of the term elsewhere.
The Mahavamsa does not mention the term Sihala or its derivations any further. In fact though the Mahavamsa says that when Mahinda introduced Buddhism in circa 250 B.C, he preached in the language of the Island. It does not say whether the language was Sinhala or Tamil. A liberal use of the term Sihala is found only in the Culavamsa which is said to have been composed in the 12th. C. A. D. Even the term Sihaladvipa is found only in the Culavamsa. We also find that both in the Mahavamsa and Culavamsa, it is the term Lanka which is almost always used to denote this Island. There are four or five occasions where the term Tambapanni - another pre-Vijayan term and a Pali corruption of the Tamil term Tamaraparni - is also used.
Tamaraparni is the name of a region and a river in South India almost opposite Tambapanni of Sri Lanka, a village about 20 miles north of Puttalam. Due to the fact that Pali of that time did not have alphabets like 'r', 'v' etc. these alphabets in the term Tamraparni were replaced by consonants 'b' and 'n' respectively and thus the corruption Tambapanni. Thus it becomes obvious that the term Sihala and its derivatives gained currency only after the 5th/6th C.A.D and before the 12th C.A.D.
It may also be noted that the excavations at Pomparipu near Tambapanni show some resemblance of a South Indian Megalithic culture.
Regarding the term Sihala and its derivatives it will be far more convincing if we consider that the term Sihala was derived from Eelam and not the other way round as some Sinhalese literati would like to have. i.e. Eelam - Sri Eelam - Si Eelam - Sihalam - Sihala and Sinhala Ceylon of the British was derived from Sihala. i.e. Sihala - to Zeilon of the Portuguese to Ceilon/Seilon of the Dutch and to Ceylon of the British. Sri Lanka is derived from Lanka the earliest name for the Island and a pre-Vijayan term.'
Even if we accept Mahavamsa as the true history of Sri Lanka, not just a Buddhist fiction written by overzealous Buddhist monks to glorify Buddhism at the cost of others, according to Mahavamsa the Tamils were part of those 'followers' of Vijaya from the dawn of history.
Mahavamsa says that Prince Vijaya married the Pandiyan Princess from Dakkina Madura. And the Pandiyan King sent 700 Tamil women to be brides and entourage of artisans and workers to Sri Lanka with the Tamil princess of Madurai. Then Prince Viyaya's Tamil wife and her people can also be considered a part of the 'followers of Vijaya.' It means the Tamils were also a part of this Sihala Royal family identity.
There was no Sinhala identity or Sihala race like today in the period of Vijaya or even in 18th century. In those days there wasn't any Sinhala identity like today. People are divided by, and loyal to, their caste and profession.
Just like the Tamil Chera, Chola, Pandiya dynasties the word Sinhala was also referred to as the Royal house of Sri Lanka not the inhabitants of the island. The Tamils, Sinhala, and Kalinga Kings made up the Sinhala Royal house. The exclusive Sinhala race theory was created by the European Nazis like Olcott and his Sinhala minion Anakarika Dharmpala.
The Tamil warriors who came to Sri Lanka eventually became the so called Sinhalese. Their descendants are still carrying the Tamil family names like Senanyaka, Thennakoon, Kodithuvaku, Ponnamperuma, kumarathunga(n), Nanayakara, Alagakoon etc.
The Mahavamsa describes the Pandyan ladies as originating from 'Dakkhina Madura' or 'SOUTHERN MADURA' which most Sinhala scholars have interpreted and accepted as modern-day Madurai in Tamil Nadu, 'northern Madura' being the city of Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, Mahavamsa clearly says, the Pandiyan Princess were from SOUTHERN MADURA.
The Pandiya dynasty was the ancient Tamil dynasty, they are credited with fostering the Tamil language and they were the guardians of Tamils. Still, the Goddess Meenakshi considered as a Tamil Goddess. The southern Madura or Madurai in Tamil is the one of the most ancient, continuously inhabited city in the World.
MAHAVAMSA CHAPTER VII-
Here and there did VIJAYA's ministers found villages. Anuradhagama was built by a man of that name near the Kadamba river the chaplain Upatissa built Upatissagama on the bank of the Qambhira river, to the north of Anu radhagama Three other ministers built, each for himself, Ujjeni, Uruvela, and the city of Vijita.
When they had founded settlements in the land the ministers all came together and spoke thus to the prince: 'Sire, consent to be consecrated as king.' But, in spite of their demand, the prince refused the consecration, unless a maiden of a noble house were consecrated as queen (at the same time).
But the ministers, whose minds were eagerly bent upon the consecrating of their lord, and who, although the means were difficult, had overcome all anxious fears about the matter, sent people, entrusted with many precious gifts, jewels, pearls, and so forth, to the city of MADURA in SOUTHERN (India), to woo the daughter of the Pandu king for their lord, devoted (as they were) to their ruler and they also (sent to woo) the daughters of others for the ministers and retainers. When the messengers were quickly come by ship to the city of Madhura they laid the gifts and letter before the king. The king took counsel with his ministers, and since he was minded to send his daughter (to Lanka) he, having first received also daughters of others for the ministers (of VIJAYA), nigh upon a hundred maidens, proclaimed with beat of drum:
'Those men here who are willing to let a daughter depart for Lanka shall provide their daughters with a double store of clothing and place them at the doors of their houses. By this sign shall we (know that we may) take them to ourselves.'
When he had thus obtained many maidens and had given compensation to their families, he sent his daughter, bedecked with all her ornaments, and all that was needful for the journey, and all the maidens whom he had fitted out, according to their rank, elephants withal and horses and waggons, worthy of a king, and craftsmen and a thousand families of the eighteen guilds, entrusted with a letter to the conqueror VIJAYA. All this multitude of men disembarked at Mahatittha for that very reason is that landing-place known as Mahatittha.
Here ends the seventh chapter, called 'The Consecrating of VIJAYA', in the Mahavamsa compiled for the serene joy and emotion of the pious.
http://lakdiva.org/mahavamsa/chap007.html
Edited By - Thivya - 25 Nov 2010 02:21:05 GMT |
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 26 Nov 2010 06:12:19 GMT Report for Abuse
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According to Thivya the great liar, Sri Lanka is a Tamil country, of which the majority people speaks Sinhalese and follow Buddhism!
Be brave to accept that Sri Lanka is the country of Sinhalas! It doesn't mean at all that Demalas cannot live there!
Edited By - Naaca - 26 Nov 2010 06:15:51 GMT |
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