Jaffna Kingdom

E406385
Tamil monarchy former country historical kingdom medieval polity monarchy

The Jaffna Kingdom was a historic Tamil monarchy that ruled the northern part of Sri Lanka, centered around the Jaffna Peninsula, from the medieval period until its conquest by the Portuguese in the early 17th century.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jaffna Kingdom canonical 2
Kingdom of Jaffna 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tamil monarchy ⓘ
former country ⓘ
historical kingdom ⓘ
medieval polity ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
alternativeName Jaffna Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Jaffna

Yalpanam Kingdom ⓘ
borderedBy Kingdom of Kotte ⓘ
surface form: Kotte Kingdom

Vannimai chieftaincies ⓘ
capital Nallur ⓘ
conqueredBy Portuguese Empire ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
culturalInfluenceFrom Chola dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Chola Kingdom

Pandyan Empire ⓘ
surface form: Pandyan Kingdom

South India ⓘ
currency Setu coins ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
elephant trade ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
pearl fishing ⓘ
endTime 1619 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
event Portuguese conquest of Jaffna ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Palk Strait ⓘ
knownFor Hindu temples ⓘ
Tamil literature ⓘ
maritime commerce ⓘ
language Tamil ⓘ
locatedIn Jaffna Peninsula ⓘ
Northern Development Region of Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Northern Sri Lanka
militaryConflict Portuguese conquest of Jaffna ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese–Jaffna War

Kingdom of Kotte ⓘ
surface form: conflicts with Kotte Kingdom
notableRuler Cankili I ⓘ
Cankili II ⓘ
Cinkai Ariyan Cekaracacekaran I ⓘ
Martanda Cinkaiariyan ⓘ
partOf Tamilakam ⓘ
surface form: Tamilakam cultural sphere
predecessor Chola dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Chola Empire

Pandyan Empire ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
Saivism ⓘ
religiousInstitution Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil ⓘ
surface form: Nallur Kandaswamy Temple
rulingDynasty Aryacakravarti dynasty ⓘ
startTime 13th century ⓘ
successor Portuguese Ceylon ⓘ
writingSystem Tamil script ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Northern Province, Sri Lanka → historicalRegion → Jaffna Kingdom ⓘ
Mannar District (Tamil-speaking areas) → historicalConnection → Jaffna Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Jaffna
Sri Lankan Tamils → historicalKingdom → Jaffna Kingdom ⓘ
Jaffna Kingdom → alternativeName → Jaffna Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Jaffna