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2. Kandyan jewellery - Wikipedia

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   Kandyan jewellery comes from the hill capital of Ceylon or Sri Lanka. The Kandyan Kingdom lasted till 1815 resulting in the original sets of jewellery and designs still being preserved and worn by Kandyan families today. Kandyan jewellery is handmade and was designed specifically for the royal families. It carries symbols of wealth, prosperity ...

3. Pettah Market - Wikipedia

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   Most of the businesses in Pettah are dominated by Muslim who specialize in trading of goods and the Tamil people who have migrated from India traders who specialize in gold and jewelry shops. At the end of pettah is sea street which is Sri Lanka s gold market where people all around Sri Lanka come to purchase jewellery .

4. Category:2010 events in Sri Lanka by month - Wikipedia

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   November 2010 events in Sri Lanka (1 P) This page was last edited on 10 January 2025, at 00:48 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...

5. Jewellery - Wikipedia

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   A young girl was buried with: 2 silver fibulae, a necklace (with coins), bracelet, gold earrings, a pair of hair-pins, comb, and buckle. [49] The Celts specialised in continuous patterns and designs, while Merovingian designs are best known for stylised animal figures. [50] They were not the only groups known for high quality work.

6. Timeline of Sri Lankan history - Wikipedia

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   1971 JVP insurrection: Marxist insurrection conducted by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna against the government of Sri Lanka. 1972: Sri Lanka becomes a republic, and country's name Ceylon was changes to Sri Lanka: 1983 24–30 July Black July by the government and Sinhalese mobs; Beginning of the Sri Lankan Civil War: 1987 29 July Signing of the ...

7. Arm ring - Wikipedia

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   The decorative arm rings are usually made of metals such as gold, silver, or brass, and can trace their history from the Indonesian Hindu-Buddhist past of ancient Java. Sri Lankan history notes that brides wore armlets to ward off ill luck. However, the armlet can be more eye-catching when it is made of gold or silver and is studded with gems.

8. Kahavanu - Wikipedia

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   Kahavanu obverse. Kahavanu is a medieval currency from Sri Lanka.The coinage appears to have been initiated shortly before Rajaraja Chola invaded Lanka in 990 AD, and struck through the period when the Cholas dominated the island (1017-1070), and continued by closely similar coins struck for Vijayabahu (1055-1110) after he re-established Sinhala independence in 1070.

9. Category:Historical events in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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   Category: Historical events in Sri Lanka. 1 language. ... 2023 events in Sri Lanka by month (1 C) D. Disasters in Sri Lanka (8 C) Disestablishments in Sri Lanka (5 C) E.