Even now, these ideas were appealing, perhaps more so than ever. They explained the robes and the proto-medieval parliament, and the overbearing sense of entitlement. For many, to suggest that this island be anything but Sinhalese was an affront to the ancient order. It didn’t matter that the cities had been overlooked for over five hundred years, or that their kings had often been Tamil, and so had their armies. Geneticists aren’t even sure there’s a distinct Sinhalese stock, or that the people who think they’re Sinhalese aren’t a glorious mix of everyone else. But, whatever the truth, the
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This is frighteningly similar to the Israeli -Palestinian conflict.
