Aborigines of Anuradhapura.
Veddas are the aborigines or
the indigenous people of Srilanka.Mahavansa reveals that veddas are
descended from Prince Vijaya (6th -5th century B.C)the
founding father of Sinhalese nation,though
Kuweni a woman of the indegenious Yakka clan whom he had espoused.
The Mahavansa relates that following the
repudiation of Kuweni by Vijaya infavour of a ‘Kshastriya” princess from the Pandya country, their two children a
girl and a boy departed to the region of Samanthakuta
(Adamspeak in Ratnapura district) and their progeny gave rise to the veddas. Veddas are believed to be identical
with the Yakka of Yore…..
Extracted from the
source : Daily News our native veddas.
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