History Of World

 Introduction The majority who live in any society at any given time is the general public. Rulers, government officers, religious leaders and other chieftains are a minority among the people. History is the past that reflects the activities of all of them. Though that is the truth, many of the historical source descriptions have presented information paying more attention to the minority that we mentioned secondly. Therefore, the knowledge of information about the ancient general public is limited. If we need to understand the history of this country better, it is necessary to learn the information of lives of the general public who lived during the ancient time. In this lesson you will have an opportunity to learn all this with more information. The Nature of Ruling The historical sources say that kings ruled our country in the ancient times. The inscriptions mention very important information about the procedure of the statesmanship followed in ruling the co...

Introduction  Historical sources say that this country was ruled by many kings and a few queens in the ancient time. Historical sources describe that prince Vijaya who came from India was the first king who ruled this country. He arrived in this country in the 6th century B.C. The archaeological evidences have substantiated that there had been settlements in this country even before the arrival of prince Vijaya. The ancient burial grounds discovered in the areas such as Beragala and Haldummulla have proved that an agricultural society had been in a developing state in this country from 2400 B.C. There must have been a certain ruling system in such a society for it to exist without any chaos. Therefore, the history of evolution of political power in the society of this country belonged to the period before the arrival of prince Vijaya. The authority to rule a country is entrusted to a king or a queen by the people of that country. Whoever it is, he or she needs pe...