t is said there were 11 Ravanas found in Sinhalese history such as Nala Ravana, Manu ravana,

Punu ravana and Dasis Ravana. The most famous Ravana is the king who fought with Indian
Hindu prince Rama. He is called Dasis Ravana which means the king with 10 great talents. The
Dasis Ravana lived nearly 5000years ago in Sri Lanka. He was a descendant of Surya Wansha
and Hela Raskshasa tribe.(Ancient Sinhalese tribe) He was one of the best fighters in
Angampora, the traditional martial arts of ancient Sinhale.

King Dasis Ravana was a great Scholar in Ayurvedic medicine. He was the person who invented
Arka Shastra. The book Arka Prakshaya reveals this truth to the present world. As his willing to
research in Ayurvedic medicine he wrote several books revealing the cures for many diseases. In
one book he wrote `Eating beef cause to infect ninety eight new diseases to human beings. The
book `Kumara Tantraya` which reveals the treatments for infant diseases was written by him
accepting the request of his pregnant queen Mandodari.

He has children and the eldest one was Indrajith also known as Meghanada who followed his
father`s steps. There are some hints in Sri Lankan rock inscriptions about the daughter of king
Dasis Ravana.

King Ravana`s kingdom was Lankapura. The kingdom is almost disappeared today. But If you
keen on Sri Lankan folklore and ola manuscripts there you can find some remaining sites of
Lankapura today known as Seegiriya and Trincomalee.

King Ravana invented the bow of Violin. He also narrated very first Ragas, the musical
compositions of Eastern classical music known as Lanka Dehena and Sinhala. Siva thandawa is
one of the great devotional compositions done by him, which is still being in use in India.

He was the first king flew over the world with his aero plane, known as Dandumonaraya or
Vimanaya, Kashtawahana.

Some evidence of Dandumonaraya the aeroplane is found in Rock inscriptions, Jataka Stories
and Ola manuscripts. The Sinhalese folk stories are enriched with Ravana Stories.

King Ravana was continuing a vegan oriented life style and was a real nature lover. According to
Lankavatara sutta he was Buddhist and worshipped Kashyapa Buddha. Once he invited
Kashyapa Buddha to visit Lanka and deliver his sermon to Sri Lankan citizens who practice yoga
and follow Buddhism.

Today the time has changed and many of us do not know the real history of king Ravana and
throw our folk tales away without considering any valuable parts of them. King Ravana was one
of the best emperors found in Sri Lankan History.

There are more than 300 Sinhalese village names related to king Ravana era. In addition, there
are some more places and remains in which the Rama Ravana war took place in Sri Lanka.

There is a epigraph that is located at Yala . Which is described that Buddhist Ravana`s daughter
Sohili had donated cavern to Maha sangha under the Kashyapa Buddha.

Likewise there is a epigraph at Nuwara eliya which was indicated that Ravana`s chief MInister
Makara had donated cavern to venerable Maha Sangga under the Kashyapa buddha.

Besides there are a lot of evidence that we can prove the Ravana is purely sinhala(Siw hela)
Buddhist king as well as vegetarian. Ravana had indicated one of his medical book that by eating
beef , human have to sicken 98 diseases.

Great king Ravana was descendent from Raksha(demon) group who are one major group under
the siwhela(Sinhalease.). Tamils are saying that Ravana is demon king. Then we can assure that
Ravana is totally Sinhala king.

If you would read Lankawathara Sutta , that had indicated clearly that Ravana was Buddhist
under Kashayapa buddha.

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