IN the article “Remembering my father, Tun Razak” (The Star, Jan 14), Datuk Seri Nazir Razak has erred in stating that Tamils are immigrants and Singhalese are indigenous in Sri Lanka.
According to Dr Dagmar Helmann Rajanayagam, a German scholar who has studied Ceylon’s history, the Mahavamsa says in 300 BC Prince Vijaya first came to Ceylon from north-central India. It says he married a local chieftain’s daughter named “Kuveni”.
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