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13th century Anuradhapura Arya Aryachakravarti Baldaeus Batticaloa British Central Province century B.C. cession Ceylon Tamil Chakravarti Chandrabhanu chieftain Chilaw Chola coast Colombo colonisation Disave Dutch Eastern Province Ethnic G. C. Mendis Gampola governed Governor historians History of Sri illustrious Imperial Majesty Indian Tamils island of Lanka Jaffna Peninsula Jaffnapatam Kalinga Kandyan peasantry Kandyan Provinces Kandyan Sinhalese King of Kandy Kingdom of Kandy Kinglets Koddiar Korale Kotte Kurunegala land Low-Country Sinhalese Magha Mahavansa major irrigation Mannar Matale miles Ministers Mudiyanse Mukkuvars Mullaitivu Muslims North Northern and Eastern op.cit Orissa Paranavithana parties period political Polonnaruwa District population Portuguese powerful present Eastern Province present Northern Province Puttalam Queyroz Rajavaliya ruled ruler Senerat settlement Sinhala Sinhala Only Act Sinhalese Buddhist Kings Sinhalese King Sitawaka South India Sri Lanka Tamils Tamil claims Tamil Eelam Tamil kingdom Tamil language territory Thesavalamai traditional homelands treaty Trincomalee Vanni Vavuniya Vikramabahu