The island was known in ancient times as Lanka | |
| Title: | The island was known in ancient times as Lanka |
| URL: | http://todosrilanka.com.es |
| Description: | After two thousand years of local governments kingdoms, parts of Sri Lanka were colonized by Portugal and the Netherlands from the sixteenth century, before control of the entire country was ceded to the British Empire in 1815. During World War II, Sri Lanka served as an important base for Allied forces in the fight against the Japanese Empire. A nationalist political movement arose in the country in the early twentieth century with the aim |