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Jaffna Streets and the Dutch Fort

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September 29th 2013
Jaffna Streets and the Dutch Fort: As we travelled north past Vivuniya we couldn't help but wonder what we would find in Jaffna. To the left and right were pockmarked, roofless, partly-destroyed buildings and vast areas with very little population. The civil war which started in 1983 had taken quite a toll on the countryside. The highway itself had been "newly carpeted", which means it h ... read more

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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