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Lanka is the name given in Hindu mythology to the island fortress capital ___MASK36___ the legendary demon king Ravana in the epics ___MASK36___ the " Ramayana " and the " Mahabharata ". The fortress was situated on a plateau between three mountain peaks known as the Trikuta Mountains . The ancient city ___MASK36___ Lankapura is thought to have been burnt down by Hanuman . After its king , Ravana , was killed by Rama with the help ___MASK36___ Ravana ' s brother Vibhishana , the latter was crowned king ___MASK36___ Lankapura . The mythological site ___MASK36___ Lank is identified with Sri Lanka . His descendants were said to still rule the kingdom during the period ___MASK36___ the Pandavas . According to the " Mahabharata ", the Pandava Sahadeva visited this kingdom during his southern military campaign for the rajasuya ___MASK36___ Yudhishthira . The ___MASK54___ (, or ), officially the Republic ___MASK36___ ___MASK54___ (""), is a South Asian island country , located in the Indian Ocean . It lies southwest ___MASK36___ India and Sri Lanka . The chain ___MASK36___ twenty - six atolls stretches from Ihavandhippolhu Atoll in the north to the Addu City in the south . Comprising a territory spanning roughly , the ___MASK54___ is one ___MASK36___ the world ' s most geographically dispersed countries , as well as the smallest Asian country by both land area and population , with a little over 393 , 500 inhabitants . Malé is the capital and most populated city , traditionally called the " King ' s Island " for its central location . ___MASK34___ (" Mar Mvaam ") is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka , the second level administrative division of the country . The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary ( previously known as a Government Agent ) appointed by the central government of Sri Lanka . The capital of the district is the town of Mannar . ___MASK22___ , officially the Republic ___MASK36___ ___MASK22___ (" Bhrat Gaarjya "), is a country in South Asia . It is the seventh - largest country by area , the second - most populous country ( with over 1 . 2 billion people ), and the most populous democracy in the world . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the Bay ___MASK36___ Bengal on the southeast . It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; ___MASK6___ , Nepal , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and Myanmar ( Burma ) and Bangladesh to the east . In the Indian Ocean , ___MASK22___ is in the vicinity ___MASK36___ Sri Lanka and the Maldives . ___MASK22___ ' s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Its capital is New Delhi ; other metropolises include Mumbai , Kolkata , Chennai , Bangalore , Hyderabad and Ahmedabad . In modern usage , a causeway is a ___MASK20___ or railway on top an embankment usually across a broad body ___MASK36___ water or wetland . ___MASK81___ ( or ; Sinhalese :         ', Tamil :     " Ilakai "), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic ___MASK36___ ___MASK81___ ( formerly known as Ceylon ), is an island country in South Asia near south - east India . ___MASK81___ has maritime borders with India to the northwest and the Maldives to the southwest . An island country is a country whose primary territory consists ___MASK36___ one or more islands or parts ___MASK36___ islands . As ___MASK36___ 2011 , 46 ( approximately 24 %) ___MASK36___ the 193 UN member states are island countries . ___MASK13___ Asia or Southern Asia is a term used to represent the ___MASK84___ ___MASK36___ the Asian continent , which comprises the sub - Himalayan SAARC countries and , for some authorities , adjoining countries to the west and east . Topographically , it is dominated by the Indian Plate , which rises above sea level as Nepal and ___MASK89___ parts ___MASK36___ India situated south ___MASK36___ the Himalayas and the Hindu Kush . ___MASK13___ Asia is bounded on the south by the Indian Ocean and on land ( clockwise , from west ) by West Asia , Central Asia , East Asia , and Southeast Asia . Talaimannar ( Tamil :         ; Sinhalese :          ) is a settlement in ___MASK81___ located on the northwestern coast ___MASK36___ Mannar Island . Asia is ___MASK85___ ' s largest and most populous continent , located primarily in the eastern and ___MASK89___ hemispheres and sharing the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of Europe . Asia covers an area of , about 30 % of ___MASK85___ ' s total land area and 8 . 7 % of the ___MASK85___ ' s total surface area . The continent , which has long been home to the majority of the human population , was the site of many of the first civilizations . Asia is notable for not only its overall large size and population , but also dense and large settlements as well as vast barely populated regions within the continent of 4 . 4 billion people . Mannar Island formerly called Manar Island , is part ___MASK36___ ___MASK34___ , Sri Lanka . It is linked to the main island ___MASK36___ Sri Lanka by a causeway . It has an area ___MASK36___ about 50 square kilometres , mainly covered with vegetation and sand . Ram setu ( Tamil :      , is a chain ___MASK36___ limestone shoals , between Pamban Island , also known as Rameswaram Island , off the southeastern coast ___MASK36___ Tamil Nadu , India , and Mannar Island , off the northwestern coast ___MASK36___ Sri Lanka . Geological evidence suggests that this bridge is a former land connection between India and Sri Lanka .