Kandyan kings

E318341
monarchs royal dynasty

The Kandyan kings were the monarchs of the Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka, known for resisting European colonial powers and preserving Sinhalese culture and Buddhism until the early 19th century.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Kandyan kings canonical 2
Kandyan royal court 1
Nayaka rulers of Kandy 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf monarchs ⓘ
royal dynasty ⓘ
administrativeDivision disavas ⓘ
associatedWith Temple of the Tooth ⓘ
capital Kandy ⓘ
country Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Kandy
culturalRole patrons of Buddhist monasteries ⓘ
patrons of Kandyan art and dance ⓘ
patrons of temple architecture ⓘ
dynasticOrigin Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Nayaka dynasty

local Sinhalese royal lineages ⓘ
ethnicity Sinhalese ⓘ
firstNotableRuler Senasammata Vikramabahu ⓘ
followedBy British Ceylon ⓘ
governmentType absolute monarchy ⓘ
knownFor delaying British control of the interior ⓘ
maintaining independence from Dutch rule ⓘ
maintaining independence from Portuguese rule ⓘ
preserving Sinhalese culture ⓘ
protecting Buddhism ⓘ
resisting European colonial powers ⓘ
language Sinhala ⓘ
lastRuler Sri Vikrama Rajasinha ⓘ
legalSystem Kandyan law ⓘ
legitimacySymbol Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha ⓘ
locatedIn Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
militaryConflict Kandyan Wars ⓘ
Kandyan–Dutch conflicts ⓘ
Kandyan–Portuguese War ⓘ
notableKing Kirti Sri Rajasinha ⓘ
Rajasinha ⓘ
surface form: Rajasinha II

Sri Vikrama Rajasinha ⓘ
Vimaladharmasuriya I ⓘ
overthrownBy British Empire ⓘ
precededBy Kingdom of Gampola ⓘ
surface form: Gampola Kingdom

Kingdom of Kotte ⓘ
surface form: Kotte Kingdom
region Udarata (Up-Country) ⓘ
religion Theravada ⓘ
surface form: Theravada Buddhism
resisted British Empire ⓘ
Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Portuguese Empire ⓘ
ruledFrom late 15th century ⓘ
ruledUntil 1815 ⓘ
succession hereditary monarchy ⓘ
title Sri Raja Sinha ⓘ
surface form: Sri Sri Sri Raja Sinha
treaty Kandyan Convention ⓘ
treatyDate 1815 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kandyan massa → associatedWith → Kandyan kings ⓘ
Kandyan massa → governedBy → Kandyan kings ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kandyan royal court
Temple of the Tooth → associatedWithDynasty → Kandyan kings ⓘ
King of Kandy → partOf → Kandyan kings ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sinhalese monarchy
Sri Vijaya Rajasinha → associatedWith → Kandyan kings ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nayakkar rulers of Kandy
Sri Raja Sinha → relatedDynasty → Kandyan kings ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nayaka rulers of Kandy