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    the area, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka and more will feel these lasting effects. This will go down in history as one of the worst acts of mother nature in the last 100 years. The Sumatra earthquake occurred between the India, oceanic, plate and the Sunda, continental, plates. Because the oceanic plates is more dense than the continental the plate, the Sumatra earthquake was created…

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    and nose off. The demon-woman flees to her brother, Khara, who dispatches fourteen warriors to attack Rama and his companions. When they are defeated, Khara, himself, attacks Rama. Rama slays him, but Surpanakha and another demon manage to flee to Lanka, to speak to Ravana, the lord of the demons (The…

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    times more than the GNP of India, China and Sri Lanka. However, performances in infant mortality rates, life expectancies and child death rates were best in Sri Lanka, better in China compared to India and in Mexico compared to Brazil. Another conclusion was that India performed badly regarding basic education but had better tertiary education rates compared to China and Sri Lanka. Thus, Sen concluded that the public policy of China and especially Sri Lanka towards distributing food, public…

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    held in Sri Lanka, students obtain additional assistance from tutors who visit homes and are also compelled to attend group/mass classes to improve their performance at these major pre – qualifying examinations to enter the state universities / private degree awarding institutes affiliated to foreign universities and vocational training centers. The rapid growth in the education sector has created a demand for stationery items such as exercise books. The stationary market in Sri Lanka is an…

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    Koggala Case Study

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    Koggala is a small town on the south coast of Sri Lanka near Galle. It is governed by Habaraduwa city council. Koggala became world famous for its long scenic beach and lagoon. Koggala is surrounded on one side by a reef and on the other by a huge Koggala Lake, where the many tributaries of the Koggala Oya drained. It is located about 139 km south of Colombo, and is situated at a height of 3 meters (9.8 ft.) Above the sea level. Due to rise of tourism infrastructure development have increased in…

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    how fallen and risen throughout the century but in the long run it seem to have succeed; Nation like Bhutan, Sri Lanka Cambodia and Thailand. Sri Lanka, however, is in confusion whether or not to have Capital punishment. Hood (1996) notes that Buddhist organizations in Sri Lanka have generally supported or have been indifferent to the practice. An execution has not taken place in Sri Lanka since 1977 because the president commuted all death sentences to life in prison. More recently the…

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    Rohana Case Study

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    Sinhalese were agricultural people and therefore they settled down in river banks to get water easily to their agriculture. Wet zone and Dry zone are the main two parts of Sri lanka divided according to geographical situation. The wet zone villages were called ran fed villages. These people did not store water because they had enough rain fall. All the dwellings were spread around the river banks with lonely. Each and every house…

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    Cricket In The World Essay

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    as a professional test cricket was the pinnacle of cricket. Now, however, that is not the case as shorter formats have taken its place as the premier sporting events. Furthermore, this decline in test cricket is not just felt in the Caribbean; Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have felt this decline also. The fire to play test cricket is…

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    took off when the Han Dynasty began to fall, which ended their strict beliefs of Confucius. There are two kind of Buddhism, the Theravada Buddhist have strict meditation and reading of teachings of Buddha. This kind of Buddhism is most popular in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. The kind of Buddhism that is most popular in China is Mahayana Buddhism, where believers compare the teachings of Buddha as more abstract and they also accept Amitabha a contemporary Buddha but the Theravada Buddhists don’t…

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    One went to Southeast Asia, the so called Theravada Buddhism, it’s found in Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, a little bit in Vietnam (not that much). Another wave went through Central Asia to China, and from China to Japan and Korea, and down to Vietnam. And another wave that went later from India to Tibet, and from Tibet…

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