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Hostilities between the
Portuguese and the
Kandyans continued throughout the rest of Wimaladharmasuriya's reign. The
Kandyans lent aid to a
rebellion led by Domingos...
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initially successful in
capturing the capital,
which was deserted, and the
Kandyans withdrew to the
jungles once more,
refusing to
engage in open battle. However...
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retain power. The
Kandyan treaty which was
signed in 1815 was
called the
Kandyan Convention and
stated the
terms under which the
Kandyans would live as a...
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Kandyan adopting a
scorched earth policy in
eastern Sri Lanka.
Capturing and
annexing Dutch held
territory was out of the
question for the
Kandyans who...
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Third Kandyan War. In many ways the
third name is more appropriate, as the
rebellion (which soon
developed into a
guerilla war of the kind the
Kandyans had...
- In the
history of Sri Lanka, the
Kandyan Convention (Sinhala: උඩරට ගිවිසුම, romanized: Udarata Giwisuma) was a
treaty signed on 2
March 1815
between the...
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Kandyans prevented Portuguese supply caravans from
reaching Kandy.
Desperate for food, the
Portuguese soon
began to
scour the countryside.
Kandyans frequently...
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Kandyan dance (Sinhala: උඩරට නැටුම්) encomp****es
various dance forms po****r and
native to the area
called Kandy of the
Central Hills region known as...
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Kandyan law is the
customary law that
originated in the
Kingdom of Kandy,
which is
applicable to Sri
Lankans who are
Buddhist and from the
former provinces...
- out by
Kandyan forces. The war
became a stalemate, with
further Portuguese attempts to
conquer Kandy repeatedly repulsed,
whilst the
Kandyans were unable...
