Sri Lankan Culture

The primary author of this profile was Chara Scroope (2016).

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• Transparency International. (2024). Corruption Perceptions Index 2023. https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2023
• United Kingdom Government. (2006). A Guide to Names and Naming Practices. https://www.fbiic.gov/public/2008/nov/Naming_practice_guide_UK_2006.pdf
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• Weiberg-Salzmann, M. (2014). The Radicalisation of Buddhism in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries: The Buddhist Sangha in Sri Lanka. Politics, Religion & Ideology, 15(2), 283–307. https://doi.org/10.1080/21567689.2014.899066