<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> You may need rendering support to display the Indic text in this article correctly . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> You may need rendering support to display the Indic text in this article correctly . </Td> </Tr> <P> Sri Lanka (/ sriː ˈlɑːŋkə, - ˈlæŋkə /, / ʃriː - / (listen); Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා Śrī Laṃkā; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea . It is separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait . The legislative capital, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, is a suburb of the commercial capital and largest city, Colombo . </P> <P> Sri Lanka's documented history spans 3,000 years, with evidence of pre-historic human settlements dating back to at least 125,000 years . It has a rich cultural heritage and the first known Buddhist writings of Sri Lanka, the Pāli Canon, date back to the Fourth Buddhist council in 29 BC . Its geographic location and deep harbours made it of great strategic importance from the time of the ancient Silk Road through to the modern Maritime Silk Road . </P>

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