<Tr> <Td> Anuradhapura period </Td> <Td> (377 BC--AD 1017) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Polonnaruwa period </Td> <Td> (1056--1232) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Transitional period </Td> <Td> (1232--1505) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Crisis of the Sixteenth Century </Td> <Td> (1505--1594) </Td> </Tr>

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