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Sri Lanka had no television services available until 1979. The creation of a national television service was planned several times as far back as 1965 (Ceylon at the time), when then-Minister of State J. R. Jayawardene suggested its creation, but was rejected by Dudley Senanayake's government, whose media advisors led by Neville Jayaweera called television "a gift of a rhinoceros".
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Sri Lanka won the Test series against India by 2–1: 1st Test @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo – Sri Lanka won by innings and 135 runs; 2nd Test @ Galle International Stadium, Galle – India won by 170 runs; 3rd Test @ Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo – Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
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However, the Theravada Buddhist canon was first put into writing in Sri Lanka, and the chronology of the following list is based on the traditional Therevada/Sri Lankan system, which is based on a parinibbana date of 543 BCE, sixty years earlier than the Mahayana calendar. Dates after c. 1048 are synchronous.