Fishermen

(1) Just Call It ‘Serendipity’

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July 17th 2010
Sri Lanka has been described as a tear drop island falling from the tip of India. Smaller than Ireland, just larger than West Virginia, it is 7 degrees north of the equator in the Indian Ocean. It is full of rare spices, precious stones, palm fringe shores and elephants. There are 19 million people in the entire population (about every US state has more people than that). The name comes from the A ... read more

Asia » Sri Lanka

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The Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C., probably from northern India. Buddhism was introduced beginning in about the mid-third century B.C., and a great civilization developed at the cities of Anuradhapura (kingdom from circa... ... read more