Group Ceylon, Portuguese State Defunct 1594 CE – 1656 CE Capital Colombo Western Sri Lanka Member Cities Amsterdam Noord-Holland Netherlands Location Kandy Central Sri Lanka Location People None linked. Groups Sinhalese people Cochin, Kingdom of Jaffna, or Aryacakravarti, Tamil Kingdom of Kozhikode, or Calicut, Kingdom of Kongo, Kingdom of +15 more Topics Colonization of Asia, Portuguese Colonization of Asia, Dutch Portuguese Ceylon Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival) Eighty Years War (Netherlands, or Dutch, War of Independence) +4 more Subjects Origins Technology Trade Religion Conflict +3 more Commodities Weapons Hides and feathers Slaves Land Spices Locations Kandy Central Sri Lanka Amsterdam Noord-Holland Netherlands ← Silistra Vilayet Compagnie van Verre → Cite this entry Moran, J. (n.d.). Ceylon, Portuguese. History Atlas. Retrieved 14 November 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/groups/ceylon-portuguese/ Related events Loading related events…
