
Sinnappah Arasaratnam
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Emeritus Professor of History, University of New England, Armidale, Australia. Author of Ceylon and others.
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Sri Lanka, island country lying in the Indian Ocean and separated from peninsular India by the Palk Strait. It is located between latitudes 5°55′ and 9°51′ N and longitudes 79°41′ and 81°53′ E and has a maximum length of 268 miles (432 km) and a maximum width of 139 miles (224 km). Proximity to the…
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