Uppuveli

What's in a title anyway?

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February 3rd 2009
I'm lazy and not in a very creative mood, so much so that I couldn't even come up with a fitting title to this blog, but I shall endeavor to write a worthwhile entry for those of you who bother to read my stories. Going down the east coast was like going through one big army base. Every 5 miles or so there was another road block and in between the road blocks at intervals of about 500 meters t ... read more

Asia » Sri Lanka » Central Province » Kandy

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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