freinds, the daily thanthi has sterted the much adverticed srilankan history in its vralatru suvadugal page. the srilankan stamp issued in the 50's shows a king approaching a hindu tamil girl(?) near the sea shore. an intereting story in the pages of MAHAVAMSA(sinhalese chronicles). the vijayan appearing in the scenerio of tamil dominaed aboriginal veddoid island.
the srilanka was largely tamil dominated island prior to the arrival of srivijaya from possible orissa-bengal coast.
the earlier thanthi article showed the ancient tamil towns like silabam,konamali,naga theevu...etc. is ceylon the navalantheevu of the ancient sangam texts?
there was one certain poet in sangam literature who hailed from mattakulam(mattakalappu-batticalao) of the east coast of lanka.
is there someone who can show light in these areas.