Group
Kandy, Sinhalese Kingdom of
The Kingdom of Kandy is an important independent monarchy of Sri Lanka, located in the central and eastern portion of the island.
It is founded in late fifteenth century and endures until the early nineteenth century.
Initially a client kingdom of the Kingdom of Kotte, Kandy gradually establishes itself as an independent force during the tumultuous 16th and 17th centuries, allying at various times with the Jaffna Kingdom, the Madurai Nayak Dynasty of South India, Sitawaka, the Portuguese and the Dutch to ensure its survival.
From the 1590s, it is the sole independent native polity on the island of Sri Lanka, and through a combination of hit-and-run tactics and diplomacy keeps European colonial forces - in particular the British - at bay, before finally succumbing to the third and last colonial ruler in 1818.
The kingdom is absorbed into the British Empire as a protectorate following the Kandyan Convention of 1815, and definitively loses its autonomy following the Uva Rebellion of 1817.
Member Cities
- Kandy Central Sri Lanka Capital
- Ambon Maluku Indonesia Location
- Amsterdam Noord-Holland Netherlands Location
- Anuradhapura North Central Sri Lanka Location
- Avissawella > Sitawaka Western Sri Lanka Location
- Bandanaira Maluku Indonesia Location
- Banten Banten Indonesia Location
- Batavia > Jakarta Jakarta Raya Indonesia Location
- Batticaloa North Eastern Sri Lanka Location
- Cochin > Kochi Kerala India Location
- Colombo Western Sri Lanka Location
- Den Helder Noord-Holland Netherlands Location
- Galle Southern Sri Lanka Location
- Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh India Location
- Jaffna North Eastern Sri Lanka Location
- Johor Baharu Johor Malaysia Location
- Korkai Tamil Nadu India Location
- Kotte > Sri Jayawardenapura Western Sri Lanka Location
- London Middlesex United Kingdom Location
- Madras > Chennai Tamil Nadu India Location
- Malkhed > Manyakheta Karnatak India Location
- Nallur North Eastern Sri Lanka Location
- Namakkal Tamil Nadu India Location
- Pegu > Bago Pegu Myanmar Location
- Polonnaruwa North Central Sri Lanka Location
- Singapore Singapore Location
- Tanjung Tuan Negeri Sembilan Malaysia Location
- Trincomalee North Eastern Sri Lanka Location
- Trivandrum > Thiruvananthapuram Kerala India Location