@@shashediri544 You are quite correct. But they are our closest relatives. Cultures of two countries have changed over the time. But as our chronicles describe it the ancestors of Sinhalese have come from India. There's evidence that earliest Sinhalese havecome from India. There's evidence in Indian epics, Karoshti Inscriptions as well as in legends. This connection is through Sinha, the male ancestor of Vijaya (this is a very deep subject and I will not mention any more details here) The other group or the Sri Lankan Sakyans/Lambakarnas are definitely connected to the relatives of Lord Buddha. Here are some examples, Vessagiri inscription of King Mahinda the fourth Siribara Sahakula kotguna amabaranin sadi ... Sirisangabo Aba Mahinda.. (Saha Kula was Sakya) Dimbulagala Mara vidiya Inscription of Sundara Mahadevi, daughter in law of King Vijaybahu the first states that she descended from Sakya kula of King Suddhodana Sakya Here is another example, Kalinga desa sanjata bhumipala kulodhbhava Sunetra nama devisa Parakramabahu jam prasuh Dharmasoka nrupanvaye Jayamalo mahipatih Tasyaputra prajasriye Parakramabhu jo bhavat From the 15th century Vrtta Ratnakara Pancika by Bengali Brahmin Ramachandra Bharati on the lineage of the great Sinhalese King Sri Sanghabodhi Jayamala Parakramabahu the Sixth (AD 1411 -1467) of Sri Jayawardhanapura Kotte. It states that Sunetra the mother of King Parakramabahu the sixth of Kotte descended from Kalinga side of Kings (meaning that she belonged to the Vijaya side.King Vijaya was the great-great grand son of Kalinga Emperor. Jayamala or King Parakramabahu the Sixth father has descended from the clan of Dharmasoka. Jayamala was a Lambakarana and he hailed from Prince Sumitta Lambakarna who came from India with the Jaya sirimahabodhi in the Anuradhapura era. Sumitta was the brother in law of King Asoka. Asoka descended from the Mauryans who escaped to Pippali vana during Sakyan massacre and Sumitta descended from the Sakyans who escaped to Avanti-vedisa. Therefore both were Sakyans and relatives. That is the meaning of the verse. I have attempted to communicate with both Nuwan and Prof. Somadeva through emails, but did not receive any reply from them.