Paranavithana is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Premadasa is a Sinhalese name that may refer to the following people:
Rajapaksa or Rajapakse is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Jayewardene, Jayawardene or Jayawardena, is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Wickremasinghe, Wickremesinghe or Wickramasinghe is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the name include:
Senanayake or Senanayaka is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Chandrasena is a Sinhalese surname. It is also a male given name.
Balasuriya or Balasooriya is a Sinhalese surname.
Peiris, Peries or Pieris is a surname attributed to the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka. It is a common surname in the coastal regions of the island nation.
Arumugam or Arumukan is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females. Arumugam is one of the many names of the Hindu god Murugan, which refers to his six faces.
Gamage is a Sinhalese or Welsh surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Kumara is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Herath is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Dissanayake or Dissanayaka is a Sinhalese surname. It means area leader. Notable people with the surname include:
Ekanayake or Ekanayaka is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Gunasekera or Gunasekara is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Pathmanathan is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females. It is most prevalent in Sri Lanka.
The Sinhalese monarchy has its origins in the settlement of North Indian Indo-Aryan immigrants to the island of Sri Lanka. The Landing of Vijay as described in the traditional chronicles of the island, the Dipavamsa, Mahavamsa and Culavamsa, and later chronicles, recount the date of the establishment of the first Sinhala Kingdom in 543 BC when Prince Vijaya, an Indian Prince, and 700 of his followers are claimed to have landed on the island of Sri Lanka and established the Kingdom of Tambapanni. In Sinhalese mythology, Prince Vijaya and followers are told to be the progenitors of the Sinhalese people. However according to the story in the Divyavadana, the immigrants were probably not led by a scion of a royal house in India, as told in the romantic legend, but rather may have been groups of adventurous and pioneering merchants exploring new lands.
Weerasinghe is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Chathuranga or Chaturanga is a Sinhalese name that may refer to the following people:
Dasun is a given name. Notable people with the name include: