Complete History of Sri Lanka

[@rileychristensen3824]

This is probably the most anyone's ever spoken about the history of Sri Lanka on youtube

[@janmelantu7490]

Previously the title was held by “nobody conquers the Tamil Kings” in Bill Wurtz’s History of the Entire World I Guess

[@portulanka]

I was about to say the same!!

[@indrajithpallavi5293]

No

[@Servant_of_1111]

Lol 😂

[@vijayafernando1]

Lots of truths. However, archeological discoveries do not bear out the following:- 1. The oldest irrigation tank in the world is the giant's tank built by Naga's. The biskotuwa or the most advanced sluice mechanism is still present to be seen . It stopped working in British times. 2. The Yakkas are probably the veddahs but they are probably called Yakkas because they made steel - yakkada - iron in Sinhala. 3. The mahavamsa is written in the 1st millennium AD and not entirely apolitical. 4. DNA research needs to be carried out as probably the Indians originated from Sri Lanka rather than the other way around as the oldest evidence of use of tools 125000 years ago is in Sri Lanka and not in India much later

[@cheltooktribefreethinker1028]

Love our srilanka brother and sister from Himalayan Nepal 🇳🇵…

[@rakhithakulatunga4626]

Actually, when it comes to genetics we are more closely related, Yakkah people have migrated to SL from Nepal also Naghas are from Rajasthn aria not from south india as this guy saying in the video. I have no idea where did he got all this information.

[@Ramhisatya611]

Beware soon sir K. P oli might come up and say Sri Lanka belongs to nepal😅

[@cheltooktribefreethinker1028]

@@Ramhisatya611 you godi clown. Always showing your attititude

[@Ramhisatya611]

@@cheltooktribefreethinker1028 awww bahadur got offended😅 khukri nikalo 😭😄

[@LeoMes01]

@@rakhithakulatunga4626 Sri lankan here IMO I think the only reason we are seperate countries is because we let ourselves get divided by the incompetent Bufoons hired by winston churchill.

[@kumudinieschmidt5174]

5:43 Correction: Lord Buddha didn't go to heaven. But attained pirinivan pama which means 'cease to exist after death'

[@jacenath8197]

That depends on which school of Buddhism you belong to. For many Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhists, and even for many of the ordinary Theravada Buddhists, the Buddha attained nirvana and is now in a celestial realm from where he can bless and help others

[@depressedbatmann]

@@jacenath8197 and don't think any Theravda buddists believe in that

[@ct9245]

Nirvana is the state of life that only Buddha know Buddha . So those whom not enlightened has no right to say anything in this respect.

[@depressedbatmann]

@@ct9245 nirvana is known by not just buddha but all enlightened monks. And descriptions been passed down through generations so it's not such a bad thing to state your opinion on nirvana.

[@abhishek__r]

In Nirvana there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self, and the subject is released from the effects of karma and the cycle of death and rebirth. It represents the final goal of Buddhism.

[@jasminelalita3244]

Oh and I'm so glad you loved Sri Lanka I've always been proud to come from such a beautiful island with such friendly welcoming people ☺️💜

[@sagara31122006]

So, where do you live?

[@hrishikeshricky3130]

This is the greatest video ever made. Words can’t describe how wonderful this Canadian man has done to articulate the deep history of Sri Lanka. I’m tamil and Sinhalese and I will donate for my people - we are United together

[@ussinussinongawd516]

Second halfaya that I've seen.

[@Eelamtruth]

Tamil is a language, not a nationality. Was there a country called Tamil?

[@dewd9327]

@@Eelamtruth yes, it is called Tamilakam

[@Eelamtruth]

@@dewd9327 Do you know how to read? Firstly, I said Tamil not Tamilakam, otherwise they would be called Tamilakamese. Secondly, Tamilakam just means where Tamil is spoken and does not refer to a nationality. Thirdly, Thirdly, Tamilakam would only refer to where it’s natively spoken which is Lanka. Fourthly, it is illegal and cultural appropriation for South East Madrasis to use Tamil to name their Nameless land, as it is not their language!

[@dewd9327]

@@Eelamtruth are you actually braindead or just autistic? Tamilakam meaning "homeland of Tamil" is where tamil originated from, not Lanka, saying it did is an ahistorical and untenable claim that cannot be backed up by empirical evidence. In other words it is a conspiracy theory. The tamil homeland is Tamilakam where the Cheras, Pandyas and Cholas ruled.

[@shouvikchakraborty6485]

Love Srilanka my ancestral brothers and sisters from West Bengal, India ❤️

[@ltheekshana1055]

🇱🇰 ❤️ 🇮🇳

[@vimukthimanodya7954]

I think we are ur ancestrals

[@Ankit-d9f4u]

@@vimukthimanodya7954 no

[@GG92791]

@@Ankit-d9f4u yes I think you have switched the meaning

[@jaa12jaa80]

Yes bro vijayan he was a bengal relative with singalish comunity 😃

[@MrDaskon]

This is way better than 11 years of history education in Sri Lankan schools. Lol.

[@sunilperera5553]

True

[@sanukatharul1497]

As a Sri Lankan myself, I agree.

[@ahamedhilmy6351]

soo true..And I even forwarded it to my history teachers

[@rayzard3687]

Same here in India

[@pahanjayasooriya2513]

Yep

[@somayyaamin6139]

Love sri lanka 🇱🇰 from india 🇮🇳 🤝🤝🤝

[@sampathsris]

As a Sri Lankan it shames me to watch that last part of the video. We the privileged in Sri Lanka has turned a blind eye on these hard working people, who incidentally help to source the dollars we use to order the most mundanely unnecessary things on eBay. Happy to donate to this cause. And I think the school is doing absolutely the correct thing by teaching the youth English/IT. English became a status symbol in the country due to the long British colonial rule, so while some would call it neo-colonization you can't really ignore the ground reality. These youth are getting the best package that can change their lives and their standing in their communities in the shortest possible time. Well played.

[@chantellesenanayake4026]

Well said...I agree with you... ❤️

[@nandhakumarms1641]

If Jaffna is not burnt, we would have many history till date back to several centuries.

[@manugamanage6096]

@@nandhakumarms1641 war isn’t merciful and I seen it first hand 🤷🏽

[@manugamanage6096]

@@vanisridhar5509 what?

[@manugamanage6096]

@@vanisridhar5509 I’m not sure

[@Sheldaschannel]

Wow, you've lived through some of the darkest moments of our island's history. I too grew up in the early 2000s. On behalf of all Sri Lankans, our eternal gratitude to you Matt! Hopefully, one day you'll return to see the warm smiles of students whose life you helped change. (I've followed your channel since the 50K sub days and saw you mentioned sri lanka in another video but didn't know you lived here that long :) )

[@ahmedhaaqil3903]

Our gratitude to Matt! ❤️

[@maddyoks7949]

My friend where is lord ram and mata sita srilanka was created by lord Shiva and gifted to kamadeva u you are fake okay I have also a story to tell

[@ahmedhaaqil3903]

@@maddyoks7949 let's not mix religion with historical fact unless it's proven. Is it?

[@manugamanage6096]

@@maddyoks7949 you’re mixing religion and history which doesn’t prove what you said. History does not prove that it’s a “gift” only your religion says it.

[@narenshanmugaraja5323]

@@maddyoks7949 sorry to say but it's because of morons like you shouting false notions that people are divided and hatred is spread. Religion and historical facts are very separate things. I'm a Hindu and it is not even mentioned it was a gift to Kamadeva. If you want to believe in that then fine keep it to your self but don't disrespect someone's hard work.

[@tammijatti9164]

This was wonderful. I am happy to have donated. I’m a history buff, and my roots are in India and Pakistan. I’ve learned so much about Indian history, but knew very little of the history of Sri Lanka. I know more now. And that makes me very happy. Thank you for this video.

[@atheistatheist8116]

Your root goes up to caucasia

[@tammijatti9164]

@@atheistatheist8116 yes. Primarily. I also have some Afghan ancestry.

[@atheistatheist8116]

@@tammijatti9164 yes all Indo-Europeans Aryans came from caucasia first they came to settle in Mid-Asia and henceforth they came via Iran, Afghanistan to South Asia..

[@tammijatti9164]

@@atheistatheist8116 I hear you. However, genetic evidence is now telling us that almost all of us with ancestors on the subcontinent, do have both ancestral north Indian and ancestral south Indian ancestry.

[@atheistatheist8116]

@@tammijatti9164 just because we're in the South Asia for more than 3500 years or in Indian subcontinent about 6000 years or due to admixture and assimilation .. Genetically Brahmins are purebreed than any other as they have managed to have marital relationship in own caste in case if they have marital relationship with other caste or ethnicity will be excluded from the caste or degraded and turn to be the different caste .. but the time factors, environmental factors that led all the changes.. but you will see Brahmins tend to look fair and more European having long pointed nose and hairy body..

[@shalinimahalingam9064]

I am a Sri Lankan Tamil born in the UK half way through the Civil war so I didn't really understand what was going on and was often only told one side of the story. It was really interesting hearing the events from a purely historical and non biased standpoint.

[@cengizaltinveturkturanlilartar]

Monsieur, Tamil Nommes Dravidienne Ou Dravidias, Ce Sont Originaire, Peupladé Tourque Touraninne. Ce Sont Montagnaire. Voila Peuples Tourque Touranienne. Tatares, Scyhtes, Sarmates, Mongol, Mançour, Tounguz, Tibet, Nepal, Assam, Dravidinne, Bengal, Malez, Basque, Birman, Siam,Kore, Etc Ce Sont Parenté Et Mix, Peupladé Tourque Touraninne. Merci Beaucoup.

[@IndikaLiyanage-q2t]

All tamils can come here and start living

[@pubblack674]

Dear Sister/Brother.. I'm 90's born srilankan sinhalese. our old generation peoples such like our grandmothers, grandfathers and our farthers, mothers are easily distractive people. They all are always heared one side story about war and some times they believed misinormations. But we are different. We have technology, internet, socialmedia. Our generation are updated people. Can't be distracted easily. We think as we all are sri lankans. So come to your homeland again. We are not your enemy anymore. We are brothers and sisters. Let's built our motherland together ❤

[@MemeTeam6900]

​@@pubblack674fr. Both sides committed war crimes. It doesn't matter now. War is over. We can live together now. Im a sinhalese

[@daDinoCat]

@@MemeTeam6900 yeah but we never did genocide

[@mkp_27]

Buddha didn’t go to heaven he achieved the NIRVANA

[@ॐअखंडधर्मःॐ]

wait a minute🤔lol historical texts are screwed

[@sai-ps3hp]

In Buddhism heaven is low place.nirvana is the highest place.amitabh

[@vimukthipuswewala8697]

Nirvana means stoping birth of any place(heaven or hell ).nirvana is also not a place.

[@46464sahil]

nirvana or moksha means that one has escaped the cycle of reincarnation.

[@shanepereraedu]

@@46464sahil 💯

[@bork9343]

I never thought someone would make a historically accurate family tree for my country, this has been a pleasant surprise

[@chanibastrasecret6195]

Yes, someone need a copy of the book called RAJAWALIYA - රාඡා වලිය

[@wheresmyeyebrow1608]

@@chanibastrasecret6195 Yes me

[@shishyathwa]

Northern Tamils haven’t even spoken a word against the crime. Only the Nuwaraeliya Tamila and Sinhalese requests the justice.

[@KariMaleesha]

@@chanibastrasecret6195 yo where can we find this?

[@ashokkumardas4781]

Being a Bengali myself , feel proud that Sinhalese have a Bengali connection! King Bijoy Sinha was of Bengali origin! Sinhalese are our cousins!

[@guileniam]

Love from India beautiful country Sri Lanka

[@gajababasnayake9419]

This is probably the greatest documentary I’ve seen about Sri Lankan history !!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 good job !!

[@niroshSA]

The best teacher I ever had, so good to hear your voice which brings lot’s of memories ❤️

[@MaduTheImaginator]

So nice and surprised to see someone outside Sri Lanka doing such a great detail study and analysis of Sri Lankan history and culture. It also helps us to see how others see us with an unbiased eye. Thank you very much!

[@sivanandk.c.7176]

Only because he is an outsider, the story becomes unbiased !

[@vision2096]

That's the whole problem here. Youth in SL don't know their history, and has to rely on foreigners to narrate our history, by sources biased and trying to mislead the youth. There's more to Sri Lankan history than the 30 years of bloody war. They don't know about the Sinhalese kings who brought this countries irrigation, architecture, farming of paddy and so much more to a level that the present youth is oblivious to. We were once called "Asias great warehouse" as we self sufficient in our food sources.History is not taught in schools, especially in international schools. Present Tamil, sinhalese and Muslim politicians ruined this country while bringing forth their own agendas, to get votes and stay in power. The recent downfall of the govt and riots too were politically motivated foreign funded scheme. Just a few months before this all happened, I noticed foreigners who were coming to SL were advised by SL living overseas to change foreign currency in certain jewellery stores as they give a much better return than the banks. Most foreigners were openly advising other youtuberd to do so. So is there any surprise that foreign reserves were low inspite of so many tourists and Sri Lankans arriving to the country? Who owns most of the jewellery stores? Food for thought 🤔

[@vision2096]

​@@sivanandk.c.7176He is full of bias, but unbiased for certain people's narrative. It's high time an educated mature person give the real unbiased story of Sri Lankan rich history, which the British ruined and tried to erase the Sinhalese people's existence. They conveniently looted and took our irreriplaceable Ola leaf Buddhist documents from dating back to 2500 years, gems, artifacts etc etc etc never to be returned back to the Sri Lankans. High time these people made videos about the autrocities done by the British colonialism to so many countries. They completely erased African people's rich history, erased the existence of African Monarchy and their palaces. Now the BBC Channel 4 is the most corrupted diaspora funded station that gives false narrative about the Sri Lankan ethnic issues.

[@MaduTheImaginator]

​@@vision2096 would appreciate it if you could point out the misinformation that is in this video and prove your points. He may have missed some points, but please note that it's a very short video, and you cannot expect to have everything in it. It also seems like you are trying to create an argument by dragging the attention to a totally different subject and creating a strawman.

[@tayperrygagianajepsenlordl944]

This was sooo good. Dude this deserves a million views. Love from West Bengal to Sri Lanka

[@chinthakaruwan4786]

Our distance relatives 😃

[@tayperrygagianajepsenlordl944]

@@chinthakaruwan4786 Haha. I have been to Sri Lanka. Love it

[@Ramhisatya611]

@@chinthakaruwan4786 do singhalese people believe that their ancestor have some connections with present day Bengal..??

[@chinthakaruwan4786]

@@Ramhisatya611 yes. According to the historical records first known king in Sri lanka King Vijaya came from modern day West Bengal with 700 people. Those people later mixed with indigenous people. There are some scientific evidence to support that story. Modern genetic study found that 80% of Sinhalese genes are same as West Bengal people.

[@Ramhisatya611]

@@chinthakaruwan4786 thanx a lot for the information...

[@ankaralion]

Love the Sinhalese people from Nepal 🇳🇵 (land of buddha)

[@UserABC123-or4gh]

Thanks, Nepal is a nice country

[@Gowrisankar__gs]

Land of violence

[@Lionkingz24]

Land 8f bitc.. 🤣🤣🤣

[@sanjuheshan8428]

NEPAL PEOPLE VERY KIND ,I MET GOOD PEOPLE WORK IN KOREA.

[@lokiloki-tt8hl]

We live Nepal too..😊❤

[@Ragd0ll1337]

Even though I'm a Sindhi, I believe the story of the entire subcontinent is part of an essential heritage we should all know about. I'm often saddened that we don't discuss southern and northeastern histories enough. While North India is certainly important, these "frontier" regions are often filled with interesting stories that steered the fate of the entire subcontinent.

[@user-ll6pr5cw1f]

They genocided hindus

[@dinil5566]

But in our southern state syllabus, we do get taught about our history... Also we used to have our own comic books about the same... Atleast I did learn a lot about my state Kerala through our syllabus back in highschool..

[@ayataswindoo]

You're Sindhi from india or pakistan?

[@tornado1730]

@@ayataswindoo isn't sindh entirely in Pakistan?

[@drsantoshsinghrathore9308]

​@@tornado1730 But lot of Sindhis are in India who escaped attacks from Muslims in Sindh.

[@odemeprogres.2554]

මේක එනකම් මම අවුරුදු ගාණක් බලන් හිටියා , ඔයාට බොහොම ස්තූතී .මම ශ්‍රීලංකාවෙන් . I've been waiting for this for years, thank you soo much . I'm from sri lanka 🇱🇰 .

[@hdhd7112]

Sri Lanka sus

[@தமிழ்நேசன்-ட4ன]

Tamilanda

[@sivasankar6438]

I am From Tamil Nadu தமிழன்டா

[@arumapperumahasanka9730]

බොරු අහනද බලං හිටියෙ

[@sivasankar6438]

@@arumapperumahasanka9730 Hai வணக்கம் AYBUVAN

[@AnveshMallick]

Small correction, Rajiv Gandhi was an ex-Prime Minister when he was assassinated, opposed to President as claimed in the video

[@JayasuryaaGR]

Thank you sooo much for all your efforts to uplift our Tamil families there. Requesting you to consider teaching writing skills and literature of their Mother tongue too. Love from Tamil Nadu❤

[@Sharma-o2n]

See E X M U S L I M SAHIL LIVE DEBATE

[@Das2.0-x4u]

❤✊ nandri thalaiva

[@ROShAN-xr7yn]

Wtf. Tamils live in sri lanka happily 🤣

[@cengizaltinveturkturanlilartar]

Monsieur Jaya, Tamil Nommes Dravidinne Ou Dravidias, Ce Sont Originaire Peupladé Tourque Touraninne, La Familles Tourque Touraninne, Tartares, Scyhtes, Sarmates, Mongol, Mançour, Tounguz, Dravidinne, Basque, Berbéres, Assam, Bengal, Mala, Sikkim, Nadam, Birman, Siam, Kore,Huns, Hazar, Etc, Ce Sont Parenté Et Mix, Dravidinne, Tamil, Telinga, Telegoue, Carnat, Carnatik. Ganda, Mala, Singale, Etc, 549 Tribu. Merci Beucoup.

[@VinexAesthetics]

@@ROShAN-xr7yn Exactly, its mainly the foreign people who try to create misunderstandings

[@sarfaraz.hosseini]

I've met Sinhalese and Tamils from Sri Lanka, absolutely wonderful people whom i hope find a way to live together in peace and dignity. I'd love to visit some day. A very insightful video, sometimes the random Google algorithem delivers.

[@rakhithakulatunga4626]

Not till since Sri Lanka is ruled by stupid sinhala and tamil politicians.

[@pavansathsarasatharasinghe]

no most Sinhalese and Tamil people are already in peace while some LTTE diaspora extremists and also some Sinhala extremists try to ruin that peace.

[@mahalakshmikrishnakumar5061]

I hate siri lanka

[@pavansathsarasatharasinghe]

@@mahalakshmikrishnakumar5061 So what bloodthirsty LTTE diaspora will always hate Sri Lanka and the consequences of their hatred will receive them.

[@pavansathsarasatharasinghe]

@watex don't be so racist both sides did extreme things if you do not know not only Tamils even Sinhalese, Muslim people have been genocided by the LTTE

[@adharmawardhana7328]

You must have spent a lot of time in preparing this splendid master piece of Sri Lankan History. We are extremely grateful to your great service.

[@janakadharmawardana2154]

There is the popular history that everyone believes in and being taught in schools in Sri Lanka, but now evidence is being unearthed that a far greater civilisation thrived which has a history of more than 5000 years. The books on technology, medicine, surgery aircraft technology and much more are found in British Museums and Portuguese museums. Sri Lankan and Indian sivilisation were much more developed in every aspect than the western, so when they colonised both the countries they wanted to hide and distroy this rich history to keep their position strong and to convert the people of these countries in to their religion..the sad thing is our own people supportd these acts to gain personal benefits. Matt, I'm grateful to you and to your cause, we need people like you to bring this grate country to limelight again.

[@Gadavillers-Panoir]

Funny story bro, should make it into a comedy or something. 😂 Still living in the past.

[@janakadharmawardana2154]

@@Gadavillers-Panoir History is the past, for your information

[@Vivek10010]

Dude, let stuff like this just be mythology unless proven otherwise. Our outlandish claims (like flying vehicles) usually overshadow our actual contributions and advancements in medicine, maths and technology, which were also highly advanced at that time compared to the rest of the world but also beleivable.

[@prabuprabakar856]

@@janakadharmawardana2154 bro the grand father of the First sinhala ruler Prince Vijayan is a Lion right according to mahavamsam right.

[@janakadharmawardana2154]

@@prabuprabakar856 I dont know how a lion could impregnate a human, but Vijaya was not our first ruler. Proven by archeologist.

[@KollainCanada]

Oh man!!! You teach me my history better than any of my school teachers ❤

[@chadabey9623]

Great video.. as a Spanish speaking South American from Sri Lankan heritage I think this video is wonderful. My family is made up of Sinhalese, Tamil, English, Finish, Norwegian, Australian, Irish, Anglo Indian, Jamaican, African American, Sri Lankan Muslim and Japanese. I am hoping that our descendants make our family history more interesting. As a direct descendant of the chief minister to King Keerthi Sri Rajasinghe I can safely say that my family is not tribal..

[@BrazilianImperialist]

Suriname?

[@kalanahettiarachchi8263]

Wow dear that amazing 😇

[@idkatthispoint-s9s]

Damn I love your cultural makeup 😍 Heritage from every region of earth. Truly a global citizen👏

[@SoapheadPog]

Mr. Worldwide!

[@Eelamtruth]

Tamil is a language, not a nationality. Was there a country called Tamil?

[@dews2014]

What a great explanation of my motherland's history. 🥺🥺Thank you & we love you all ❤️🇱🇰🇱🇰❤️🙏

[@dews2014]

@@Rohit-Jat You don't know about that! There is a great history about my country. And I don't care if you believe it or not. ☺️☺️☺️

[@loganathanrajarajansarma8215]

@@dews2014 Totally misled by a westerner... please go thru your original history.

[@dews2014]

@@loganathanrajarajansarma8215 😊😊👍👍🙏🙏yes of course.

[@loganathanrajarajansarma8215]

@@dews2014 Always analyze get the right content and the best archeologists and historians views and finally make your own decision. Do not fall a prey to the western educated historians statements and their assessment when given is a sugary syrup.

[@Sawo-500]

@@Rohit-Jat Sri Lanka are Aryan and Dravidian. Not Dravidian. Sinhalese are indo Aryan. Tamils are Dravidian.

[@nipunachamara5233]

This is unarguably the most descriptive and accurate history story of srilanka. Thanks for the effort 👍🏻👍🏻

[@omarsabih]

Thanks! Just mind-blowing. You are what makes internet a miracle! Can't appreciate more!

[@AstroCanbe11833]

That was an incredible video. I don’t even want to imagine how many hours it took you or even weeks to prepare this. But thank you very much for such an outstanding video.

[@ॐअखंडधर्मःॐ]

@The Mash Up A foreigner who lived there for 10 years

[@warsil3735]

His accounts are wrong

[@alpaciandecatre4385]

@@warsil3735 And your imagination carries academic credibility. Oh! My 😂

[@warsil3735]

As person who has studied Sri Lankan history and archeology, he is wrong at many places .

[@anirudh177]

@@warsil3735 Is is possible for you to explain the mistakes he committed? just curious, I am not angry or anything.

[@Vinoj.k]

Thank you for the review. It's great to see a person from outside of our culture. Presenting our history. Salute for your unbiased information.

[@jeradjeyanthan4213]

Dear Mr. baker, This was a wonderful presentation of our history. Glad to hear from you after a long time... Keep it up

[@jasminelalita3244]

I was adopted from Sri Lanka and this has been so useful to understand some more about part of my history 💜🙏🏾🤗

[@muthyamyandamuri4420]

You got adopted to become a Christian,to loose your culture and traditions. ​@LiannevandenBosch

[@muthyamyandamuri4420]

What is the use adoption when you loose your religion, culture and traditions.

[@LioKavesna]

​@@muthyamyandamuri4420 family

[@AntanioGomez]

R u dumb she has got a new life embrace her and welcome her don't bash at her this is not our sinhalese culture ​@@muthyamyandamuri4420

[@tanyam.5476]

A better quality of life​@@muthyamyandamuri4420

[@upaliabeywickrema1121]

This was very helpful as an O/Level History student. Thank you very much

[@anukabeysinghe6593]

Yooooo Nis.....I never thought I might meet you on YT like this.....coincidence huh?

[@upaliabeywickrema1121]

Lmaooooo me neither 😑😂👍

[@afr3523]

Im Sri Lankan 🇱🇰 this is one of the most educational videos I've seen on my own country .. i would hav passed highschool history if YT was around 😣

[@shishyathwa]

Elala is a great king. He let Sinhalese to stay being Budhdhists. He was very helpful to Budhdist monks of Anuradhapura. He didn’t wanted to invade the Southern Sri Lanka even though he could have do it too. He just wanted the tax income from Mannar port. He was a justifying king who even gave death penalty to his son for killing a calf. That’s why Sinhalese let him rule Anuradhapura for 44 years without bothering. Even there were Sinhala Generals in Elalans army. Even in his seventies He accepted the arm to arm battle challenge from young prince Dutugemuni. He died as a hero. King Dutugemunu did his funeral with full royal custody. King Dutugemunu ordered a law that no one can ride a horse or an elephant in front of the Late king Elalans domb.

[@john_____]

Elala was NOT a king 🧐 only a RULER, a foreign invader He was a TRADER from south india and take over the control of apart of sri lanka who was ✋Not came from a royal family . His cousin was Bhalluka who was also a south indian TRADER and he too Also Not came from Any Royal family 🙏

[@slhermit]

He was not "great". He was a thief who looted someone's country.

[@kollywoodkingss5304]

Ellalan is a, aadhi tamil King ,, but caste fanatic tamilians distorted thier true history of Ellalan and termed him as chola King,, they are parayar Kings of tamilnadu

[@nopenot1310]

@@john_____ cope rice

[@vimukthimanodya7954]

උබ බලන් හිටියට එලාර හොදය්ද නැද්ද කියල. මම නම් කියන්නෙ රජවරු කියන්නෙ මහ වේසිගෙ පුතාල(බහුතරයක්) . උන්ට විරුද්දව වචනයක් කිව්ව ගමන් අපේ බෙලි කැපෙනව

[@MrZenGuitarist]

Top notch! It doesn't get any better than this. A splendid thorough back-story, makes it easier to understand both the back-ground of both the Buddhist as well as Hindu 'elements' and culture. And also the more recent, unfortunate bouts of violence, as well as civil-war(s?). Seeing both Sri Lanka, as well as India are the two countries on the absolute top of my bucket-list...so much history, culture, ancient as well as newer enormous temple-complexes...and just sooo much to see, and do!

[@brianwestberry9117]

Just talked to my new boss yesterday (the same day this Video posted). He fled Sri Lanka in the 80's for America (we are in Philadelphia as of now) and only returned to visit back to Sri Lanka in the late 2000's

[@Arazhul12]

So lovely to see how many people from Sri Lanka are fans of you.

[@kasunkanangama2924]

Very rare to find such a comprehensive outline of the complex royal history of sri lanka. Thank you for finally doing this!

[@anojadharmapala306]

This is excellent. I will save this for my overseas born children and grandchildren. One day they can work out their roots. Thank you.

[@trev6004]

As someone who's family is Sri Lankan, but was born and raised in Sri Lanka, I have always done my best to read up about the history, so I really appreciate the video! Thank you!

[@Devruwan]

As usual another wonderful video but this time it is about my great country which was surprising. We Sri Lankans are indebted for your contribution and support and hope continued support in the future. We are lucky to have you produce simple and precise explanations of history and help us gain more knowledge. Amazing work.

[@infinite5795]

As an Indian, we definitely see many parallels between Hinduism and Buddhism. I love the Sinhalese and their culture and also, their curvy script. Also As an Odia Hindu, we are taught how the sacred Buddha's tooth was in Dantapuri( today's Puri in modern day Odisha) and was taken to the Kingdom of Kandy by an Odia prince. Looking forward to seeing The holy Temple of Kandy in near future:) ସର୍ବେ ସୂଖୀନୋ ଭବନ୍ତୁ ।

[@shishyathwa]

You are welcome

[@ltheekshana1055]

🇱🇰 ❤️ 🇮🇳 love from Sri Lanka

[@shanmugamknativeindian2567]

No, Singelese they do not want to associate with you, they feel orrisa or Kalinga origin as inferior. So to get political advantage they want to associted with Bangladesh and West Bengal not with Kalinga.

[@ltheekshana1055]

@@shanmugamknativeindian2567 Latest genetic studies of Sinhalese (Sri Lanka) indicates that 70% to 82% of genes of Sinhalese are originated from Bengalis. But along with Bengal (Vanga) other states like Odisha (Kalinga), Bihar (Magadha), Gujarat (Lata) and punjab (Panchanada) are also religiously, culturally and linguistically related to the origin roots of Sinhalese race. (Genetic studies on Sinhalese-Wikipedia)

[@kathri1006]

@@shanmugamknativeindian2567 Please do not spread lies. Singhalese do love India and Indians as they revere Buddha. These lies with shallow political motives are cruel.

[@NeroERX]

Very good video! I’d love to see more in-depth into the Sinhala-Tamil civil war. Even as a Sri Lankan I much like most born after the war aren’t educated about the horrors of it. It’s a taboo to even speak of it. Its a shame that such important history is being hidden to save face.

[@dammikaranatunga9395]

War is discussed only after the black July. But the beginning of Tamil Nationalism goes back to end of British rule in Sri Lanka. Plans to create a separate state for Tamils is not something started with LTTE/Prabhakaran. In any country majority is blamed but the truth can be far from it. Problem is truth about war can't come out when Sinhalese and the government were already put at an disadvantage for being the majority.

[@Sinhala_buddhist-3934]

The "Sinhala Only" policy which was introduced by r@cist sttupid Sinhalese politician like Jayawardene was the biggest mistake done in Sri Lanka. And Bandaranaike (and his wife Sirimavo) were also responsible for making Tamils to take weapon in their hand. I know that not all Sinhalese are against Tamil rights. But Sinhala politicians are responsible. So, there nothing to blame the large minority Tamils on the country.

[@diptopauldip]

So sinhalese people are somehow our relatives. Take love from Bangladesh ❤

[@user-ll6pr5cw1f]

Sinhalese are mixture of bengalis and tamils , the Vijaya and their followers are from Bengal but these royals married Tamil pandian princes (pandians are rivalry of chola )

[@righttime6186]

@@user-ll6pr5cw1f Cholas and Pandyas also have inter marriage many times but the think is Cholas are very strict Saivaitees but Pandyas followed Saivaism Vaishnavaism Buddhism and Jainism and the Great example Pandymadevi the Great Pandyan Queen who converted Pandyan King and Pandyan People from Jainism to Saivaism with help of Saint Sambanthar is a Chola Princess it means Chola Princess married a Pandyan King and became queen of Pandyan Kingdom

[@gayanwijeratne4205]

i can sure yes Sinhalese are related Bangalli people ,Not Tamils.We have Indo -Aryan culture not Dravidian .

[@raaji_lk]

@@gayanwijeratne4205 I wonder how Karawa, vishwakarma, upcountry Nayake's and Bandaras having Indo-aryan culture 😅😅

There is a bridge between India and Sri Lanka made at the time of Ramayana that is 7000 years ago also it is been scientifically proven.

[@chantellesenanayake4026]

Thank you from the bottom of my heart ....for this detailed and beautiful video about the history of my country..I am from Nuwera eliya myself but have lived in India since 2008...I never knew you had such a connection to my country... always loved and appreciated your videos being a History Enthusiast...and lastly thank you so much for bringing forward the awareness of the need of better education for the people in the hill areas ❤️

[@tharshinikanthasamy1695]

Tamil and singles are same family but Who is Rule the country are not real tamil Or singles They are belong to Nayakkar generation from Andra in india how british divided peoples and make then separate same way government using for selfish for power and their luxuries life not for country or peoples live Singles ancient also tamil

[@shasshas4593]

Beggar Srilanka country 🤮🤮🤮 😁😁😁😆😆😆😆 All products too high prices in Srilanka

[@KethTamilTubing]

@@tharshinikanthasamy1695 correction! The nayak family are tamil speaking telugu decedents from madurai tamil nadu. Not andra.

[@biya_10]

Thank you for your good explanation ❤

[@DanksterPaws]

3:40 Oh! We had to learn this in our Filipino class, which in our grade had turned into a literature class instead of a language class. It was transcribed into our language ofcourse. I loved the story!

[@sarthak1109]

Well you meant ramayan thanks 😊☺

[@CoolMan-ig1ol]

All south asian and South east asian countries read this and Mahabarata, Purana(atleast in Indonesia) etc in their school. It sometimes is long and boring but mostly interesting.

[@Janiduvirunaka]

Woahhhhhh this is greattt🥵🔥. Thank you very much for all the effort given to make this awesome video🌚❤🇱🇰

[@risindunikahatiya7413]

Thank you for making a real non biased video that helps other foreigners know the magnificent, ancient , Buddhist history of sri Lanka. Thank you !🤩

[@Gadavillers-Panoir]

Non biased 😂

[@cdw9244]

@@Gadavillers-Panoir YES

[@Gadavillers-Panoir]

@@cdw9244 hilarious

[@shingha9297]

feeling proud to know the history of ancient Bengal. lots of love from west Bengal🇮🇳 💞🙏 Now found some interesting bengali->sinhala words which can also be similar to other Magadhi languages. Tree-> gach->gas; jal->jala; Protima-> pratimāva; river->nodi->gan̆ga; letters->barna->lipi; start->Aromva kara->ārambha karanna ;Talk->Katha->katā karanna

[@And_Cuts]

most r sanskrit words

[@MathTutor1]

Very interesting.

[@turboEsports]

@@And_Cuts most north Indian languages are derived from sanskrit

[@hemantsingh8481]

@@turboEsports Not most all languages of north are derived from Sanskrit

[@turboEsports]

@@hemantsingh8481 yes

[@jithinjose7475]

Love ❤️ from India🇮🇳 to Sri Lanka🇱🇰

[@ltheekshana1055]

🇱🇰 ❤️ 🇮🇳

[@remittdao]

Great content. I learned a lot about Sri Lanka. Good luck to the Tea Leaf Vision and any educational projects there. I have been teaching English in Hong Kong for 10 years and love the artform.

[@bahadursunny1674]

love from bangladesh....as a theravada buddhist sri lanka stays in my heart ৷৷৷৷৷

[@shishyathwa]

One day come visit Sri Lanka

[@priyangatt]

Yaàaaaaayy love to you

[@thinktank8471]

🇧🇩🤝🇱🇰

[@called2voyage]

I really appreciate the deep dive into a region of personal significance to you. I wish there were more videos like this on KZbin. Also, as someone who also lived in Asia for a long time, the short film at the end made me homesick. Thanks for sharing!

[@bopagesuraj3395]

This is not a real story of sri lanka

[@wheresmyeyebrow1608]

@@bopagesuraj3395 Why's that?

[@bopagesuraj3395]

@@wheresmyeyebrow1608 I can't tell it by one word. Our first king is rawana. Now you can go ahead with this.

[@tharshinikanthasamy1695]

Tamil and singles are same family but Who is Rule the country are not real tamil Or singles They are belong to Nayakkar generation from Andra in india how british divided peoples and make then separate same way government using for selfish for power and their luxuries life not for country or peoples live Singles ancient also tamil

[@shishyathwa]

@@tharshinikanthasamy1695 True story. SWRD and Ponnambalam started this. Prabhakaran and Sri Lankan presidents continued it to bribe from weapon purchases. Even one president gave weapons to Prabhakaran. I heard that Rawana is a loyal believer of Lord Shiva. Basically Ramayanaya is a war between beleivers of Vishnu and Shiva. Otherhand its a war between Aaryans and descendants from Mohendajaro Harappa. Aaryans introduced 4 casts and made Tamils Shudra (labours) while Aaryans keeps the Brahmans, Royals and Buisnessmen casts.

[@KoolNyanKats]

very great video! amazing unbiased portrayal of both ethnic groups in sri lanka! being a sri lankan tamil myself, I didn't know that there were so many ties between singhalese and tamils that historically date back to the monarchies of sri lanka! so sad that violence and politics had to drive so many of us out and increasing the incredible divide that arguably, still exists between singhalese and tamils to this day... hope to see you make a video about the tamil kings! a lot of rich history there to be explored :)

[@udayangadananjaya7914]

The politicians are the one who burn the fire between two ethnicities and still they play their act.

[@sakyathalagahawatta5969]

Actually most sinhalese and Tamils in the country get along well it's just the politicians

[@manuelfernando9729]

Dude its very hard to find a person in sri lanka with no tamil or sinhalese linagage, basically those who says boast proud sinhalese have tamil ancestors, those who ask for eelam has sinhalese ancestors. So basically its the same group of a jelly mixed bag fighting stupidly because of politicians of both sides played us both in

[@udayangadananjaya7914]

@@manuelfernando9729 so true. Even both of our cultures are almost 80% similar.

[@jiensuyang3915]

how was it unbiased ? u need to have info b4 making that claim.

[@sasasthisu]

This is one of the greatest videos about Sri Lanka ever seen on Internet

[@Disha87]

'History is a set of lies agreed upon' - Napoleon Bonaparte - We all humans respect each other யாதும் ஊரே யாவரும் கேளீர் Every people are citizen of the world

[@siva4000]

மேதகு தமிழ்

[@BigBismark]

Say that before using suicide bombers started targeting busses full of sinhalese children headed to a hospital. This is racial hatred pure and simple not a quest for freedom. It is true that there was discrimination towards the tamil population from the 50s to the 80s but the situation has completely chamged now specially given that the LTTE did more to harm the Tamil population more than the Sinhalese ever did.

[@muraliveliah8249]

@@BigBismark vice versa.

[@Mersal-uj5nh]

@@BigBismark LTTE harm tamil population ???

[@BigBismark]

@@Mersal-uj5nh YES of course they did. No electricity or water for 85% of the population literally everything was taxed to such an extent that even a box of matches cost about $40, the worst part was the child soldiers and suicide bombers all of who were kidnapped by force amd separated from their families. If you really want to know what happened in Sri Lanka read Sri Lankan newspapers or better yet get a plane ticket come to Sri Lanka and talk to the tamils living in the Jaffna area. Then you will see just how many lies are told by the leaders of the Tamil diaspora abroad.

[@dasiths]

Thank you for the very well detailed and presented video. It's been almost 25 years since I learnt this in school and was indeed a much needed refresher. Also it's a wonderful thing you're doing with the charity.

[@saimaalam8804]

I gave like before starting to watch. That much trust I have on your research.

[@hasithaeranda2526]

I was just checking how true this video reflects the Srilankan history. You nailed it. I would say that's 99.99% true. I would love to recommend this video to anyone who is willing to learn Srilankan history. No misleading facts.❤

[@SkullTraill]

Wow, I’ve been subbed for so long but somehow didn’t know you’d lived here for so long! Glad you enjoyed your 8 years here (I hope).

[@marierochelle2893]

Thank you for the history of Sri Lanka, it's very important to learn, I'm proud to be a Srilankan.

[@AbarajithanGnaneswaran]

Dude... I have never seen a history buff talk about Sri Lanka. Loving you already. Will watch this soon

[@nehaojha9094]

The present day Sinhalese names makes so much sense in Odiya. Most of the names are similar to names from middle ages Odisha. One of my favorite sur-names is Ranatunga - War Horse. War horse is the state emblem of Odisha at present.

[@Kavishani87]

That is the exact translation of the sinhala meaning ... War horse wow didn't know that Odisha language is this much closer to ours.

[@jeevanullakal9075]

Yes once i was in buvaneswar / Orissa. There i saw name "muthali". The sri Lankan ex defence minister name is lalith athulath mudhali.

[@subhodipbanerjee6699]

Good to see the closeness of the two languages.

[@jeevanullakal9075]

Dear bro, the name of port city "paradeep" in odhisa is actually a Tamil word. "Paarai theevu" means "Rock island". The name s based on the landscape of the island. An island made up of rocks. Likewise I can say thousand of examples. It may be persons name, place name, things name etc etc etc to prove that once upon a time, the entire country / sub continent was full of Tamil language. But alas, people in other parts of the country were made to forget their Tamil route/ origin. Now it is hard to believe that truth. There is a divisive force/ people who have mingled with us and constantly dividing the Indians for the past two thousand years under many aspects, like languages, state, religion, caste, culture, colour etc., etc., My simple opinion is that, the moment we all the Indians start thinking that once upon a time we were all tamilians, that is the moment in which the destruction of that divisive force / race/ caste starts. Will it happen. It should happen.

[@nehaojha9094]

@@jeevanullakal9075 Equivalent in Odiya would be Pathara (rock) - dwip (island). Linguistically Odiya and Tamil belong to different language families entirely, but Odiya does have some loan words from Tamil or rather Sin-Tamizh (classical tamil). One thing which surprised me growing up is the ease with which I could easily understand North Indian languages especially Bengali, Axomiya (Assamese), Nepali , Bhojpuri, Magahi , Maithili etc which have common roots with Odiya dating back to 7th century CE. South Indian languages were very hard for me to learn though and had put in a considerable effort to learn as the words and grammar were a lot different. I had learnt Telugu and basic Tamil once but quickly forgot once I stopped practice. But even now I can speak the North Indian languages with much ease without any practice. For that matter even Gujarati , Kashmiri or Punjabi are easier for me to understand.

[@anonymousbub3410]

I just got back from work and I am ecstatic to see this video up!

[@VFXkabilan]

Lord murugan also live srilanka, there are more back stories between tamil and srilanka

[@thisulwickramarachchi2380]

U mean God katharagama....

[@athibankumar9935]

@@thisulwickramarachchi2380 Aren't they the same?

[@vinodmahes8243]

@@thisulwickramarachchi2380 They are both the same, but the well-known and commonly used name is Murugan.

[@menujawickramanayake9017]

The history between the Dambadeniya and Kotte kingdoms are quite complicated. In 1232 Vijayabahu III ruled in Dambadeniya but not only him but also in Yapahuwa, Ruhuna and Mahiyanganaya, there were leaders respectively named Subha, Buwanekabahu and Sanka. And there were other rulers in Northern areas named 'Vanni' and Kalinga Maga ruled Rajarata. After Vijayabahu III, his son Parakramabahu II defeated Kalinga Maga and became another one of greatest kings in ancient Sri Lanka. In 1270, Parakramabahu II's son Vijayabahu IV ruled there for 2 years and his brother Buwanekabahu came onto throne. For own safety, Buwanekabahu chose Yapahuwa as the kingdom instead of Dambadeniya. After his death, Vijayabahu IV's son Parakramabahu III and Buwanekabahu's son Buwanekabahu II had fought for the throne. Then, a person called Arya Chakrawarthi from South India stole The Tooth Relic of Buddha and offered it to Kulasekara who ruled the Vijayanagar Empire in India at that time. Parakramabahu III peacefully brought it back to Sri Lanka and ruled In Polonnaruwa kingdom(1287-1293). After, Buwanekabahu II defeated him and moved his kingdom to Kurunegala. 9 years later, his son Parakaramabahu IV came onto throne and after the kings called Vanni Buwanekabahu and Sawlu Vijayaba have respectively ruled this kingdom. We have lower details about history in these times. Anyway, Sawlu Vijayaba's son Buwanekabahu IV held his kingdom in Gampola and his brother Parakramabahu V ruled in Dedigama and a family called Alakeshwara ruled Raigama and another family called Arya Chakrawarthi ruled in Jaffna also.(1341) The Raigama kingdom fell apart as a Chinese army leader Chen Ho defeated Alakeshwara's and arrested them as prisoners in 1411. Parakramabahu VI who was the son of Jayamahalena in Raigama held the new kingdom in Kotte. He successfully claimed the Vanni areas and kingdoms of Jaffna and Gampola by war. He died in 1467 and his daughter's son Jayabahu was defeated by Prince Sapumal in Jaffna and ruled Kotte in the name of Buwanekabahu VI. Buwanekabahu's son Parakramabahu VII was defeated by Prince Ambulugala in Gampola and came onto throne in Kotte as Parakramabahu VIII.(1490) Portuguese arrived in Sri Lanka in 1505 and Parakramabahu VIII ruled Kotte and a king called Pararajasekaram ruled in Jaffna as well. Sena Sammatha Wickramabahu have created a kingdom in hill areas as Kandy at that time...

[@john_____]

Sinhalese have been living in this island for more than 2600 years unbroken with having inter marriage with "vaddas" Even today sinhalese language have many vadda language words ( ex: "ඇත්තො" , "ඇ" word from "vadda language" and only language with having word "ඇ" in the entire world many more relations,...) Sinhalese built the Civilization In this land ..so sinhalese have every rights to claim the country than any other colonial slave migraters who brought by british , portuguese,.. were lower cust tamils from india, muslims , as their slave works as they have beed alway treated in india , Sinhalese fought against all those foreign invaders to protect this land By sacrificing their lives , familys ,... everything they had, More than anyone had ever done in this soil 🙏

[@menujawickramanayake9017]

@@john_____ Of course man...That is what the world should know ♥️

[@stayhappy2532]

@@john_____ absolutely you’re right .this is sinhalese land not opinion it’s a fact

[@dammikaranatunga9395]

I discovered your channel recently when i was looking for origins of Palestinians and Jewish people. Your charts and clear detailed explanations are so well done i actually wanted to put a message asking to do a video on Sri Lanka. And i found this, i am absolutely astonished and thrilled. Thank you so much for doing this. I am a Sri Lankan living in the US and have a good grasp of 20th century Sri Lankan politics but we lack knowledge on our history. So again thanks for doing this.

[@emiljayatileke416]

It’s so difficult to find such a comprehensive video on Sri Lankan history that isn’t biased. You did a wonderful job making this rich history accessible to the world. Thank you!

[@adamdubin1276]

Imagine what Sigiriya must have looked like when it was still used as the capital... If even a fraction of the stories are true it might have been one of the most magnificent palaces ever constructed.

[@serendipitousindika]

Thank you so much for this informative video to the public. As a licensed national tourist guide, I would rate the facts as almost 100% accurate and provides a very structured way of presenting the facts that would definitely help our fraternity to structure our speeches while on the move. The visuals used are also extremely helpful to memorize facts. Also appreciate very much the English projects that you have conducted. Thank you again 👍

[@sgamage23]

Discovered your channel in KZbin and it’s the best thing ever. Thank you for creating the “History of Sri Lanka video” and everything you and your family have done for the people of our country. As a fellow Canadian and a Sri Lankan, I’m very grateful to you 🙏

[@9jItH4]

I can't even begin to imagine, the amount of time it must have taken you to compile all this information! Thank you! You've earned a subscriber! A lot of our history though is sort of handed down through stories and "folktales". There is a story that when Moggallana was coming back to Sri Lanka with his army that he did entertain the possibility of reconciling with Kashyapa, but Kashyapa, out of panic chose to take his own life instead. A story from the time of Vijayabahu and the Portuguese and Kotte kingdom is that Sri Lankans dug tunnels underground for miles that let them get from Kotte to the Portuguese fort (something like 6 or 7 miles long!).

[@hamdhahamza9748]

Could have been true. I have heard legends of underground tunnels in my village between two places and it is asked not to do any research as it is believed that treasures may be hidden there by kings and whoever tries to find it might lose his life...

[@celia3601]

So amazing! This is so good how this great video is for free!

[@avas4543]

King Vijay went to Sri Lanka from Singhapur (Present Day Singur,West Bengal). Love from an indian bengali to our genetic relatives 😁❤️

[@adharmawardhana7328]

We are very happy to hear from an honourable Bengali relative about our genetic relation.

[@avas4543]

@@adharmawardhana7328 Love you all.Stay together.Stay Safe ♥️

[@ltheekshana1055]

🇱🇰 ❤️ 🇮🇳 love from Sri Lanka

[@කාවින්දවිජේසිංහ]

Nah it's a myth bangal's and sinhalese two different race not same

[@avas4543]

@@කාවින්දවිජේසිංහ Ancestors were same. Later on they went to different directions. That's why I said genetic relative.

[@nyxawesome9409]

Woah, this one video of yours gave me more knowledge about Sri Lanka than the history books could till now. Thank you!!

[@risiraaa8938]

Nice video, One missing information is King PanduKabaya's father is from Yakka Tribe called Deegha Gamini. That's the place where Yakka people gained their power again and Vijaya's generation perfectly mixed with native people.

[@VoiceSriLanka]

@Spiritual Warrior Isn’t Sinha a Sanskrit word for Lion 🦁?

[@VoiceSriLanka]

@Spiritual Warrior thanks

[@kalkandy8739]

Incorrect deegha gamini is a son of first aryan migrant. Please don't write wrong details. You & me can't change history .

[@TejasNarvekar1]

The trust is doing great work. Amazing to see the smiles and confidence on the faces of the students 🙏🏼🙌🏼

[@husnulaman]

Great job man. 11 years of syllabus under 1 hour. Kudos.

[@dwijayasiri211]

I was actually watching your video about your cat's family tree when i saw that one of your cats were named 'Chuti' and that got me wondering if you had visited sri lanka , definitely did not expect to find this amazing video. Thank you for this, its really difficult to come across a well made video about Sri Lankan history in English language. Adorable cats btw

[@antoninuslarpus7107]

40 mins of useful charts! Let's go!

[@ashfakihsan7418]

I'm really impressed with your knowledge on history on sri lanka and I'm also impressed with the project that you been conducting in Sri lanka. Im watching this video currently from Canada as an international student and gave me goosebumps watching this video. You have really set an example and thanks for helping the people out back in sri lanka. I would like to meet you one day hopefully in Canada.

[@JaiUtkalaMaa]

Amazing video. Watching this video from Odisha, India. There seems some connection between Odisha and Sri Lanka. Beautiful country Sri Lanka.

[@donjoe5940]

I am a Sri Lankan. a Sinhalese. ( that's what they say, but I consider myself as a human). This is an excellent explanation about Sri Lankan history. 👍🏿

[@amayrasazna2926]

❤️❤️❤️

[@NimN0ms]

This was so interesting and cool! Please do something on Zoroastrianism!

[@marschallblucher6197]

It's nice to finally see an in depth video about Sri Lanka. My parents came to Canada in 2003. I grew up mostly here in Canada so didn't really get to learn much about it's history.

[@rajuganth1806]

The way of you narrated the history of Ceylon was awesome, everyone can uderstan easily. I hope that you would give us some more videos about Ceylon like this in future 👍

[@braunarsch]

this was great! really nice to know the history of my neighbour... love from india!

[@monicasmalley3336]

Is there a 'Who Would Be Pharaoh of Egypt' chart/video? If not, could there be, please?

[@akkawowa]

Ooh interesting! Yes, please!

[@shalabyam]

The problem with such a long lineage is that many parts are missing and statistically, all Egyptians today if not everyone in the world is related in a way or another to one of the pharaohs

[@shalabyam]

It’s a very interesting topic to learn about though! Would be a great video...

[@rachelrussell7966]

that would be pretty tough to do

[@rachelrussell7966]

I think a better alternative could be one about if Harold Godwinson won the Battle of Hastings

[@torontonian24]

I am of Sri lankan Tamil descent and even I didn't know the history to this extent. Very well done. Now how do I contribute to your cause.. A very good cause I must add.. Thank you for this...

[@anneperera2090]

For someone who came to KZbin today, because I genuinely wanted to learn about my country. I am very grateful for your time and effort taken to create such an informative video. I believe just as it has been knowledge enhancing over past three years, it will continue in doing a wonderful job…. Thank you again dear video creator. I’m going to check out the student development project initiated for the students.❤

[@senumi2126]

Where was this video when I was struggling with my history exam 😭😭 well done on the video

[@KoBo33451]

Awh, I was hoping for a Patta History collab. This is really cool tho. Well done! :)

[@ChameeraDedduwage]

As a native Sri Lankan and a history buff, I have to say, this is probably the most accurate narrative of Sri Lankan history that exists on KZbin right now. Apart from a few omissions (e.g. the Hartal of 1953, the so-called "Sinhalese" revolution of 1956, the 1959 assassination, the 1962 coup d'état, and the Marxist (JVP) insurrections of 1971 and 1988) the narrative is pretty complete. Kudos. As for the history itself, as much as I am proud of our ancient history, I cannot help but feel ashamed by the more recent history. Common sense has given way to fanaticism, and racism has appeared as patriotism. The last 70-or-so years have been nothing but a bloody shame upon my country, Asia's oldest democracy. It has been over a decade after the LTTE and their horrific terrorism has been defeated and yet there are people who think all Tamils are terrorists. Shame upon them! Sri Lankan Tamils have an equal right to call this land their motherland, as much as any Sinhalese would. Anyone who says otherwise, I dare you to prove to me that your bloodline has no Tamil DNA in it. It is time we shed meaningless tribalism and blatant racism. It is time we reconcile, true to our hearts. It is time we finally recognize our true potential and rise again. But then again, the only way to emerge victorious is to conquer oneself from within. Kudos to the creator, sir. You did a magnificent job. Take a well-deserved bow.

[@rexhunt729]

Best YT recommendation so far this year... ❤

[@SparrowValentine]

Haha I love how you gave your son a shout out 😅 that's really sweet. Really great video! I feel as though nobody in the West really cares about Asian or African history, and so it's not talked much about so this was really good