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 ...

Book facts: The Pilimatalvuvas in the Last Phase of the Kandyan Kingdom (Sinhale) and The Chieftains in the Last Phase of the Kandyan Kingdom (Sinhale) by Ananda Pilimatalavuva. Reviewed by Tissa ...

A few days passed. The armies of the Kandyan kingdom marked time for a while and then left for Sitawaka, under the leadership of Commander Veediya Bandara. They took the road that went through ...

Photo courtesy of Ishankha Singha Arachchi With British colonial rulers controlling the coastal regions, including the lowlands, they secured the Kandyan kingdom through an agreement unifying Sri ...