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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...
- (modern Sri Lanka),
where he
discovered the
source of cinnamon.
Although Cankili I of
Jaffna initially resisted contact with them, the
Jaffna kingdom came...
- from 1215 with the
invasion of
Kalinga Magha to the
Portuguese conquest of
Jaffna Kingdom under Cankili II 1619.
Jaffna Kingdom History of Sri Lanka...
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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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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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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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later Aryacakravarti kings of the
Jaffna kingdom. He was the
father of
Cankili I.
Singai Pararajaseakaram was the first-born son of
Kanakasooriya Singaiariyan...
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Jaffna kingdom may
become a
beachhead for the
Dutch landings. It was king
Cankili I who
resisted contacts with the
Portuguese and even m****acred 600–700...
