Salagama (also known as Saliya) is a Sinhalese caste found mostly in the southern coastal areas of Sri Lanka. The community was traditionally associated...
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of Salagama people landed from Madampe(Amabaangoda) and settled in Waskaduwa,Pothupitiya, Deshastra and Kalamulla. Therefore, Karawa and Salagama conflicts...
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front of some names of the Salagama sub caste "Hewapanne"(militia) originated from the Agampadi soldiers, who married Salagama Hewapanne women, Large scale...
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CE. This led to the emergence of three new Sinhalese caste groups: the Salagama, the Durava and the Karava. The Tamil migration and assimilation continued...
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CE. They along with other southern Sinhalese castes such as Karave and Salagama have played an important role in the historically left political and right...
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India leading to the emergence of three new Sinhalese caste groups – the Salagama, the Durava and the Karava. The Sinhalese have a stable birth rate and...
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the Karava-speaking Sinhalese, the Durava, the Demala Gattara and the Salagama castes of Sri Lanka.[citation needed] An early emigrant group that is not...
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Sanga Bo Capital city Rājākariya Society Alagakkonara Caste system Karava Salagama Durava Irrigation network Culture Guththila Kawya Literature in Pali, in...
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ancient Sri Lanka. The southwestern coast has three other castes (the Salagama, the Durava and the Karava) in addition to the majority of ancient Govigama...
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origins, whereas all other South India-derived castes such as Karave, Salagama, Durave and Berava do not emphasise their Tamil links as part of their...
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