- King
Rajasinghe II, also
known as
Rajasingha II (pre coronation,
Prince Dewa Astana/Dewarajasinghe), was a
Sinhalese King,
reigned 1629 – 6
December 1687;...
- the
Gajasingha (the lion with an
elephant trunk) to the left and the
Rajasingha (the
royal lion) to the
right holding two
royal five-tiered umbrellas...
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handed over to the Sri
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established on the island.
After many
bloody wars with the Portuguese, King
Rajasingha II
became convinced that
lasting peace with the
Portuguese was not possible...
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sometimes used
interchangeably with Rala and Nilame.
During the
reign of King
Rajasingha II, the
title Appuhamy was used for
district governors. The Mahadisawa...
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invited the
British into
Kandy and
supported their overthrow of Sri
Vikrama Rajasingha.
Governor Thomas Maitland, in
British Ceylon,
initiated extensive legal...
- or Meda
Vahala (middle palace) was
constructed during the Sri
Vickrama Rajasingha era and was used as the
quarters of the
queens of King of Kandy. This...
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Pattirippuwa was
built in 1802,
during the
reign of King Sri
Vickrama Rajasingha, by the
royal architect,
Devendra Moolacharya.
Moolacharya is also credited...
- (1591–1604) and he was
succeeded by his
first cousin Senarat (1604–1635).
Rajasingha II was the son of
Senarat and
Empress Dona Catherina. He
ruled from 1629...
- of the
killed Portuguese soldiers were
piled before the
Sinhalese king
Rajasingha II. The battle,
which ended in
victory for the
Sinhalese army, was the...
