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Transliteration of Sinhalese words; research setting. Part 1 Stratification during the baseline period: the baseline period; the caste hierarchy in the baseline period; the class hierarchy in the baseline period; the power hierarchy in the baseline period; the ideology of stratification during the baseline period. Part 2 Contemporary stratification: the contemporary community; the contemporary caste hierarchy; the contemporary class hierarchy; the contemporary power hierarchy; the contemporary ideology of stratification.