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Sri Lanka was linked to India by a land bridge called Adams Bridge that people could walk across until it was destroyed by a cyclone in 1480CE, leaving a series of limestone shoals in its place.

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Sri Lanka was linked to India by a land bridge called ‘Adams Bridge’ that people could walk across until it was destroyed by a cyclone in 1480CE, leaving a series of limestone shoals in its place.

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