In antiquity, Sri Lanka was known to travellers by a variety of names. According to the Mahāvaṃsa, the legendary Prince Vijaya named the island Tambapaṇṇĩ ("copper-red hands" … Mehr anzeigen

Sri Lanka, an island in South Asia shaped as a teardrop or a pear/mango, lies on the Indian Plate, a major tectonic plate that was formerly part of the Indo-Australian Plate. It is in the Indian Ocean southwest of the Bay of Bengal, between latitudes 5° and Mehr anzeigen

Sri Lanka is a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). While ensuring that it maintains its independence, … Mehr anzeigen

The Sri Lanka Armed Forces, comprising the Sri Lanka Army, the Sri Lanka Navy, and the Sri Lanka Air Force, come under the purview of the Ministry of Defence. The total … Mehr anzeigen

Prehistory
The pre-history of Sri Lanka goes back 125,000 years and possibly even as far back as … Mehr anzeigen

Sri Lanka is a democratic republic and a unitary state which is governed by a semi-presidential system. Sri Lanka is the oldest democracy in … Mehr anzeigen

For administrative purposes, Sri Lanka is divided into nine provinces and twenty-five districts.
Provinces
Provinces in Sri Lanka have existed since the 19th century, but they had no legal status until … Mehr anzeigen