ශ්‍රී ලාංකේය කුල ක්‍රමයේ පරිහානිය සහ පන්ති ක්‍රමයේ නැගීම

Abstract

Number of research studies have been carried out by social scientists, historians and some other professionals on traditional caste system in Sri Lanka, due to the dearth of studies, how caste system was transformed into the class system in the British period. This article is present a concise note on traditional caste system in Sri Lanka and more emphasis will be given to analyze the caste in the British period. Some scholars shrewdly attempted to relate European feudalism to Sri Lankan Caste System. The nature and function of feudalism very signficantly over time and across different nations. According this research, the findings were obtained using the qualitative research method, which is a sociological research theory. Data was collected through primary and secondary sources from Libraries National Archives and through interviews. It is an obvious fact, that there were broad changes occurred due to the transition from traditional agricultural economy to commercial plantation economy. Sri Lanka became a modernized country because of a reaching policy implement and by the British rulers. As a result new social groups emerged. Within this social context, opportunities were avilable for any individual to attain wealth, power, education and social status in this environment. The importance of caste gradually reduced and transformed into class system.