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than. possibly any o<strong>the</strong>r area. The areas around Anurldhapura<br />

<strong>and</strong> Polonnaruva, where Tamil settlers were present <strong>in</strong> earlier<br />

periods, cont<strong>in</strong>ued to be regions with scattered Tami]. settle<strong>in</strong>ents.<br />

In <strong>the</strong> <strong>Jaffna</strong> district, for <strong>the</strong> first time, we get evidence<br />

<strong>of</strong> Tamil settlements <strong>in</strong> this period. The thirteenth century<br />

saw <strong>the</strong> steady grorth <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se settlements <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>ga<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> transformation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>rn. <strong>and</strong> eastern parts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

isl<strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>to areas permanently occu ied by Tamil speakers.

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