Sri Lanka is a country with a rich cultural heritage that extends back over three thousand years, due to its strategic location at the crossroads of the main sea routes, which in turn led to the passage of many great civilizations and empires through it. You wander through its cities and neighborhoods with many archaeological monuments and evidence left by those successive ancient civilizations. Sri Lanka is an island country located in the northern Indian Ocean, specifically southern India. Sri Lanka was one of the first strongholds of the Buddhist religion, and it was the first known texts of this religion. Now it has become a multi-religious, multi-ethnic and multilingual country, with 70% of the country's population professing Buddhism, and the rest professing Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, and others. The country is also distinguished by the diversity of its natural features, as there are many waterfalls, forests and many types of rare trees and plants. Sri Lanka is one of the world's largest tea exporters.