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[If you analyze the history of Sri Lanka, it is generally believed that it has been a unified country under the unitary form of Government.
But recent researches conducted during the last quarter of a century have given a different picture. Up to now, generally people thought that early inhabitant of Sri Lanka or the founders of Sri Lanka`s civilization come from North India under the leadership of Prince Vijaya and founded the Anuradhapura kingdom. Kings of Anuradhapura ruled over the whole of Sri Lanka and the capital shifted from Anuradhapura to Polonaruwa and so forth. Now by the study of early inscriptions source or portray a different picture. Initial stages there were Chieftains and Chieftaincies all over Sri Lanka numbering to 269 and some of them had Tamil titles such as Vael, Aaiyh, Perumagan. Parumagan is the title name for the leader and leader was also the backbone of the local administration and besides that you come across other title names Uthi, Parathan, were there in the local administration. This shows that the chieftaincy was the norm of the day during the early State formation. This is even clearly depicted in The Mahavamsa itself. The author of The Mahavanasa acknowledges that Dutagamunu (Dutthagamini) became the sovereign ruler of Sri Lanka after defeating 32 Tamil kings during the 2nd century BC.] |
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