Sri Lanka is also known to have very strong cultural connections with India. Before the modern people if Sri Lanka settled it is believed the island was inhabited by Ravana who ruled over the island. Considering many people from India actually went to Sri Lanka, starting with the Sinhalese coming from West Bengal and Odisha with the legendary King Vijaya and his followers from Bengal around 5 century BC, who founded the Sinhalese and their descendants. Then there were also Tamils who came from Tamil Nadu, who had great influence in North Sri Lanka, and bought their culture to the island. We see many Indian influences from both North and South India, have influenced their culture and peoples. Many Indians therefore view the various groups of Sri Lanka to belong some way or another to India culturally.
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