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Sunday, November 10, 2013

Kandy Kingdom

Kandy Kingdom
The last kingdom of the Sri Lankan History
Royal Flag of the Kingdom

Sri Lanka has several kingdoms in the past and the last kingdom is Kandy kingdom. It is also called the Udarata Rajadhaniya in Sinhala. It is situated in the central province of Sri Lanka. And it has the great Lord Buddha's tooth relic. From 1473 to 1815 Kandy is the capital city of Sri Lanka. And the kingdom was controlled by a King that got the crown from generation to generation. The main religion is the buddhism. But also there are Tamils and Muslims to.

Official named that has give to Kandy Kingdom

  • Kanda uda pasrata
  •  Senkadagala pura
  • Kanda Udarata
  • Mahanuwara Rajadhaniya
  • Sri Wardhanapura


Kings who controlled the Kandy Kingdom
kandy kingdom in 1520s

  1. Senasammatha WickramaBahu (1473-1511)
  2. Jayaweera Asthana (1511-1551)
  3. Karaliyadde Bandara (1551-1581)
  4. Dona Catherina ( 1581-1581)
  5. Rajasingha (1581-1593)
  6. Vimaladarmasuriya (1590-1604)
  7. Rajasingha || (1635-1687)
  8. Vimaladaramasuriya || (1687-1707)
  9. Vira Narendrasingha (1707-1739)
  10. Vijaya Rajasingha (1739-1747)
  11. Kirthi Sri Rajasingha (1747-1782)
  12. Rajadhi Rajasingha (1782-1798)
  13. Sri Vicrama Rajasingha (1798-1815)




Geographical and climate data about Kandy Kingdom

The kingdom is surrounded by lots of mountains and maha weli river. So  the Kandy got some protection form natural disasters and form terrorists. The climate is great for living and for the agricultural purposes. 













                             



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