Justice was dispensed not only to maintain order but to safeguard the moral harmony of the kingdom (which is what is lacking ...

With the fall of the Kandyan Kingdom, the Kandyan Convention, ceremonially signed on March 10, 1815, completed the annexation of the island to the British Empire. This brought an end to the rule ...

Presumably, this nouveau Kandyan seems to have acquired extraordinary linguistic ... Ehelepola masterminded the capture of his former king and also the Convention of 1815 by which his fellow nobles ...

With the signing of the Kandyan Convention on March 2, 1815, the Kandyan Provinces, too, came under the political suzerainty of the British. Thereupon, English for all intents and purposes became the ...