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Cankili II (Tamil: சங்கிலி குமாரன், romanized:
Caṅkili Kumāraṉ; died 1621), also
spelled Sangili) was the last king of the
Jaffna kingdom and was a usurper...
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kings confronted and
ultimately made
peace with the Portuguese. In 1617,
Cankili II, a
usurper to the throne,
confronted the
Portuguese but was defeated...
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Cankili I (Tamil: சங்கிலியன்) (died 1565), also
known as
Segarasasekaram (Jaga Rajasekharam), is the most
remembered Jaffna kingdom king in the Sri Lankan...
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Cinkaiariyan (1440–1450 & 1467–1478)
Singai Pararasasegaram (1478–1519)
Cankili I (1519–1561)
Puviraja Pandaram (1561–1565 & 1582–1591) Kasi
Nayinar Pararacacekaran...
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kingdom from the 13th
until the 17th century, when the last of the dynasty,
Cankili II, was
ousted by the Portuguese. The
origins of the
Aryacakravarti are...
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opposing forces: the
greedy and
conspiring Portuguese imperialists and King
Cankili I of Jaffna, who
ruthlessly defends his
sovereign state from Portuguese...
- (modern Sri Lanka),
where he
discovered the
source of cinnamon.
Although Cankili I of
Jaffna initially resisted contact with them, the
Jaffna kingdom came...
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strategic base for
accessing the
interior ruled by the
Kandyan kingdom. King
Cankili I
resisted contacts with the
Portuguese and
repelled Parava Catholics who...
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southwest of
modern Sri
Lanka in 1505. Many
kings of Jaffna, such as
Cankili I,
initially confronted the
Portuguese in
their attempts at converting...
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expeditionary forces of the
Portuguese Empire led by
Filipe de
Oliveira captured Cankili II, the last
native king. De
Oliveira moved the
center of
political and...
