Nahapaduvan Lake

Sri Lanka / Kilinochchi /
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This is the tank to which Kuveni brought Vijayan (the first Sinhalese settlers from central India) and his 700 friends to give food and water, when their ship grounded in Mannar bay around 500BC.
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Coordinates:   9°16'41"N   80°11'10"E

Comments

  • If vijayan is from central India, then how can he be a sinhala.
  • How do you say Kuveni is a Tamil lady? What are the sources you have?
  • search wikipedia Sri_Lankan_Tamil_people.. " Excavated ceramic sequences similar to that of Arikamedu were found in Kandarodai (Kadiramalai) on the north coast, dated to 1300 BCE. Cultural similarities in burial practices in South India and Sri Lanka were dated by archeologists to 10th century BCE..."... according ur history Vijayan landed in Lanka 5 centuries before christ... but Tamils footprint there even before 13 centuries BC... is the source enough for ur sinhala modayas?
  • sinhala modayas shud know one thing.. Before chirst years would be counted descending order to find the older..
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