Is Srilanka Lanka of Ramayana ?

Many people think Srilanka is Lanka of Ramayana.
  They show some evidences like ram setu, Ashok Vatika etc.,
 
But Ramayana clearly states that Ravana's Lanka was situated 100 Yojanas (roughly 1213 km or 753.72 miles) away from mainland India.
 
But the present-day Lanka is about 20 miles off the Indian coast at its nearest point.

Moreover 
Siṁhala and Laṅkā

The majority population of what is now known as “Sri Lanka” are called the Sinhalese people after an old name for the island “Siṁhala.” This name is attested in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.19.29-30:

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, in the opinion of some learned scholars, eight smaller islands surround Jambūdvīpa. When the sons of Mahārāja Sagara were searching all over the world for their lost horse, they dug up the earth, and in this way eight adjoining islands came into existence. The names of these islands are Svarṇaprastha, Candraśukla, Āvartana, Ramaṇaka, Mandara-hariṇa, Pāñcajanya, Siṁhala and Laṅkā.

However Siṁhala cannot be Laṅkā because “Laṅkā” is listed as the name of a separate and different island.


 

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    Is Srilanka Lanka of Ramayana ?

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    • But Ramayana clearly states that Ravana's Lanka was situated 100 Yojanas (roughly 1213 km or 753.72 miles) away from mainland India.
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