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The Naga people were believed to be an ancient tribe who once inhabited Sri Lanka. There are references to them in several ancient text such as Mahavamsa, Manimekalai and also in other Sanskrit and Pali literature. They are generally being represented as a class of superhumans taking the form of serpents who inhabit a subterranean world.Texts such as Manimekalai represent them as having a human form. Certain places such as Nagadeepa in Jaffna and Kalyani in Gampaha are mentioned as their abodes.The names of some Naga kings in Sri Lankan legends such as Mani Akkhitha (Mani Naga) and Mahodara are also found in Sanskrit literature among superhuman Nagas, and the cult of Mani Naga prevailed in India up to medieval times. They inhabited the Northern and Western parts of Sri Lanka. The Jaffna Peninsula was mentioned in Tamil literature as Naga Nadu, in Pali literature as Nagadeepa and in Greek gazetteer as Nagadiba or Nagadibois. Search on wiki for more details.

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