Nayakkar dynasty

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South Indian-origin dynasty royal dynasty ruling house of Kandy

The Nayakkar dynasty was a South Indian-origin royal house that ruled the Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka during its final centuries before British annexation.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Nayakkar dynasty canonical	9
Nayak dynasty	2
Nayaka dynasty	2
Nayakkar royal house	1
South Indian–origin Nayakkar dynasty	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	South Indian-origin dynasty ⓘ royal dynasty ⓘ ruling house of Kandy ⓘ
broughtToThroneBy	Kandyan nobility ⓘ
capital	Kandy ⓘ
conflict	Kandyan Wars ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Kandy
culturalImpact	integration of South Indian and Sinhalese court traditions ⓘ
dynasticMarriageLinks	Nayaks of Thanjavur ⓘ surface form: South Indian Nayak families
endedWithEvent	British annexation of Kandy in 1815 ⓘ
endTime	1815 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Telugu ⓘ
event	Kandyan Convention ⓘ surface form: Kandyan Convention of 1815
finalPhaseOf	Kandyan Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Kandyan monarchy
followedBy	British Ceylon ⓘ surface form: British Ceylon administration
governmentForm	absolute monarchy ⓘ
historicalEra	early modern period ⓘ
knownFor	South Indian cultural influence at Kandyan court ⓘ final indigenous monarchy in Sri Lanka ⓘ
languageOfCourt	Sinhala ⓘ Tamil ⓘ
lastRulingMonarch	Sri Vikrama Rajasinha ⓘ
legitimizedBy	Buddhist clergy of Kandy ⓘ
maintained	Theravada Buddhist institutions in Kandy ⓘ
notableRuler	Kirti Sri Rajasinha ⓘ Kirti Sri Rajasinha ⓘ surface form: Rajadhi Rajasinha Sri Vijaya Rajasinha ⓘ Sri Vikrama Rajasinha ⓘ
opponent	British Ceylon ⓘ surface form: British Empire in Ceylon
overthrownBy	British Empire ⓘ
partOf	history of Sri Lanka ⓘ history of the Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ
patronized	Buddhist Sangha in Sri Lanka ⓘ
politicalStatus	client monarchy under increasing British influence ⓘ
precededBy	House of Dinajara (Kandyan royal line) ⓘ
region	Sri Lanka ⓘ
regionOfOrigin	South India ⓘ
religion	Buddhism (patronage) ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ
ruled	Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Kandy
startTime	1739 ⓘ
territory	Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
titleOfRulers	Rajasinha ⓘ Sri Raja Sinha ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) → lastRulingDynasty → Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ

subject surface form: Kingdom of Kandy

King of Kandy → dynasty → Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nayaka dynasty

Nayak rulers of Madurai → dynasticHouse → Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nayak dynasty

Vandiyur Mariamman Teppakulam → constructionPeriod → Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nayak dynasty

Kirti Sri Rajasinha → dynasty → Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ

Kandyan kings → dynasticOrigin → Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nayaka dynasty

House of Dinajara (Kandyan royal line) → followedBy → Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ

subject surface form: House of Dinajara

House of Dinajara (Kandyan royal line) → predecessorOf → Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ

subject surface form: House of Dinajara

this entity surface form: South Indian–origin Nayakkar dynasty

House of Dinajara (Kandyan royal line) → successorDynasty → Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ

subject surface form: House of Dinajara

this entity surface form: Nayakkar royal house

Kandyan Kingdom → lastRulingDynasty → Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ

Sri Vijaya Rajasinha → dynasty → Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ

Sri Raja Sinha → usedBy → Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ

House of Siri Sanga Bo → successorDynasty → Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ

Sri Lankan monarchy → lastRulingDynasty → Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ

Sri Lankan monarchy → majorDynasty → Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ