GK
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Sinhalese
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Tamils
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Muslims
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Chinese traders
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Detailed explanation-1: -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 200 B.C. to circa A.D.
Detailed explanation-2: -Historical context The Ceylon Tamils are south Indians who were amongst the first settlers in Sri Lanka who arrived as early as the 5th century BC.
Detailed explanation-3: -Early settlement and the spread of Buddhism Sri Lanka’s earliest human inhabitants of whom there is direct fossil evidence were hunter-gatherers in the area of Balangoda in the south. Urban settlements first appeared in the 10th century bce near Anuradhapura in north-central Sri Lanka.