- four
names by
different sources.
Rajavaliya mentions his
early name as
Konappu Bandara and says he is the son of a
Kandyan chieftain,
Weerasundara Bandara...
- Bandara's son
escaped to
Portuguese army in
Mannar from Sitawaka. His name was
Konappu Bandara. Later, he
returned to
Kandy and
rebelled against Rajasinha with...
- and
Simon were
baptised as
Catholics and grew up with the
young Prince Konappu Bandara –
later on he
reigned as King
Vimala Dharma Suriya of the Kandyan...
- A
period of
turmoil for
power ended with the
ascent to the
throne by
Konappu Bandara who came to be
known as
Vimaladharmasuriya I.
Having embraced Buddhism...
- Mudiyanse.
Though the
uprising was crushed, and
Wirasundara murdered, his son
Konappu Bandara fled into
Portuguese territory.
Baptised as Don Juan, he was to...
- the
Manadarampura Puwatha,
prelates were
involved in an
attempt to make
Konappu Bandara the king of Kandy. This
conspiracy was
exposed leading to the execution...
-
Tikiri Bandara (1581–1591) he was
succeeded by
Vimala Dharma Suriya (I) aka
Konappu Bandara and his
baptismal name Don Joao of
Austria (1591–1604) and he was...
-
people than the
Portuguese had done.
After the
invasion of the Portuguese,
Konappu Bandara (King Vimaladharmasuriya)
intelligently won the
battle and became...
- Vellalar, the
Sinhalese Govigama caste became the top of
Sinhalese society.
Konappu Bandara Appuhamy or *Vimaladharmasuriya I from
Yatinuwara at
Ededuwa village...
-
known as
Castle Hill by the British, as it was the site of the
palace of
Konappu Bandara, who
ruled as
Vimaladharmasuriya I of
Kandy from 1590 to 1604....
