Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka)

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Sinhalese kingdom historical kingdom monarchy

The Kingdom of Kandy was an independent Sinhalese monarchy in the central highlands of Sri Lanka that long resisted European colonial control before finally falling to the British in 1815.

Aliases (4)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sinhalese kingdom → historical kingdom → monarchy →
annexedBy	United Kingdom →
annexedInYear	1815 →
capital	Kandy →
continent	Asia →
coreTerritory	Kandyan Highlands → Udarata (Up-Country) →
country	Sri Lanka →
currency	Kandyan massa →
ethnicGroup	Sinhalese →
fellTo	British Empire →
governmentType	Buddhist monarchy → absolute monarchy →
hasSite	Temple of the Tooth →
knownFor	long resistance to European colonial rule → preservation of Sinhalese culture → upholding Buddhism in Sri Lanka →
language	Sinhala →
lastMonarch	Sri Vikrama Rajasinha →
lastMonarchDeposedBy	United Kingdom →
lastRulingDynasty	Nayakkar dynasty →
locatedIn	central highlands of Sri Lanka → interior Sri Lanka →
maintainedIndependenceAgainst	British colonial rule until 1815 → Dutch colonial rule → Portuguese colonial rule →
modernLocation	Central Province of Sri Lanka → Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka → Uva Province of Sri Lanka →
partOf	Sri Lankan monarchy →
politicalStatusAfter1815	part of British Ceylon →
politicalStatusBefore1815	independent kingdom →
predecessor	Kingdom of Kotte → Kingdom of Sitawaka →
region	South Asia →
religion	Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism →
religiousCenter	Temple of the Tooth →
resisted	British Empire → Dutch Empire → Portuguese Empire →
successor	British Ceylon → Kandyan Convention →
treaty	Kandyan Convention →
usedTitleOfRuler	King of Kandy → King of Sri Lanka →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kandyan Convention ("Kingdom of Kandy") → King of Kandy ("Kingdom of Kandy") → Nayakkar dynasty ("Kingdom of Kandy") →	country
Sinhalese people ("Kandyan Kingdom") → Temple of the Tooth ("Kingdom of Kandy") →	associatedWith
Portuguese Ceylon ("Kingdom of Kandy") →	conflictWith
Kingdom of Kandy ("Kandyan Highlands") →	coreTerritory
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) →	notIncluding
Kandyan Convention ("Temple of the Tooth area, Kandy") →	placeOfSigning
British Ceylon ("Kingdom of Kandy") →	predecessor
Sri Vikrama Rajasinha ("Kingdom of Kandy") →	reignedOver
Nayakkar dynasty ("Kingdom of Kandy") →	ruled
Kandyan Convention ("Kingdom of Kandy") →	signatory
Kandyan Convention ("Kingdom of Kandy") →	significantEventFor
Kingdom of Kotte ("Kingdom of Kandy") →	successor
Kandyan massa ("Kingdom of Kandy") →	usedIn
Kandy ("Kingdom of Kandy") →	wasCapitalOf