A request by colonial officials resulted in an 18th-century epic from this country explaining how vanniar chieftains came to its north.
A request by colonial officials resulted in an 18th-century epic from this country explaining how vanniar chieftains came to its north. An ancient hospital complex found at this country's peak of Mihintale ("mee-heen-TAH-lay") is mentioned in the records of Fa Xian ("fah shyen"). A few years after its last native dynasty collapsed, nobility in this modern-day country launched the Uva rebellion. The seat of power in this modern-day country shifted to Polonnaruwa from Anuradhapura ("uh-noo-RAH-dah-POO-ruh") after it was conquered by the king of the Cholas, Raja Raja I. This country's Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic is found in the city of Kandy, the capital of its final indigenous kingdom before its British annexation. For 10 points, name this country formerly known as Ceylon and located just southeast of India.
A request by colonial officials resulted in an 18th-century epic from this country explaining how vanniar chieftains came to its north.
Sri Lanka &lt;Other History&gt;