Sri Lanka comprised three separate kingdoms at first European contact

Evidence

Sri Lanka was divided into three kingdoms when the Portuguese landed in 1505 (a division that those today clamoring for maintaining the unitary state conveniently disregard). — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 101

Categorization

• XREF: Evidence that modern unitary-state and ethnic-purity claims are retrospective constructions — fits the manufactured-ideology thesis. — connects to: Sri Lanka was historically fragmented into several kingdoms before European colonization. — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 101

Broader Connections

• Sri Lanka was historically fragmented into several kingdoms before European colonization. #corroborates (0.90) — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 101