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 ...

In this lecture Dr. Gooneratne will give an account of Robert Knox in the Kandyan Kingdom. Robert Knox sailed on his father’s ship which was trading under the English East India Company. In 1659 at ...

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 ...

This story is set in the year 1664. Rajasinghe the Second the King of the Kandyan Kingdom, is hemmed in by the Dutch who controlled the maritime provinces of the Sri Lankan. A rebel - Ambanwala ...