Portugal had pledged to Bhuvanekabahu VII of…

1540 CE to 1683 CE

Portugal had pledged to Bhuvanekabahu VII of Kotte to protect his grandson Dharmapala from attack in return for privileges, including a continuous payment in cinnamon and permission to rebuild the fort at Colombo on a grander scale.

When Bhuvanekabahu dies, Dharmapala, still a child, is entrusted to the Franciscans for his education, and, in 1557, he converts to Roman Catholicism.

His conversion breaks the centuries-old connection between Buddhism and the state, and a great majority of Sinhalese immediately disqualify the young monarch from any claim to the throne.

The rival king at Sitawake exploits  the issue of the prince's conversion and accused Dharmapala of being a puppet of a foreign power.

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Kotte > Sri Jayawardenapura Western Sri Lanka View →

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Bhuvanaikabahu VII View → Dharmapala View →

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Arab people View → Sinhalese people View → Buddhism View → Islam View → Portuguese people View → Franciscans, or Order of St. Francis View → Jaffna, or Aryacakravarti, Tamil Kingdom of View → Portugal, Avizan (Joannine) Kingdom of View → Kotte, Sinhalese Kingdom of View → Portuguese Empire View → Kandy, Sinhalese Kingdom of View → India, Portuguese State of View → Sitawaka, Sinhalese Kingdom of View →

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Age of Discovery View → Colonization of Asia, Portuguese View → Portuguese Conquests in India and the East Indies View → Portuguese Conquest of Goa View →

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Weapons View → Grains and produce View → Spices View →

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Commerce View → Exploration View → Government View →

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