Villavar - Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka was named Ezham or Ezha Theevu in ancient times or Heladiva in Sinhalese.Ezham was named after Ezhinar a Villavar people of Sri Lanka.The other ancient names of Sri Lanka such as Taprobane or Tamraparni, Serendib or Cheran Divu indicate the influence of other Villavar kingdoms such as Pandyan Kingdom and Chera Kingdom over Srilanka.

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