Kandyan period | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-17

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Kandyan period


00:00:58 1 Name
00:01:32 2 Geography and climate
00:02:30 3 History
00:02:39 3.1 Foundation
00:03:24 3.2 Rise: 1521–1594
00:06:19 3.3 Consolidation and interactions with the Dutch: 1594–1739
00:11:31 3.4 The Nayakkars and the coming of the British: 1739–1803
00:19:08 3.5 Annexation and rebellion: 1803–1817
00:23:10 4 Government
00:23:19 4.1 King
00:24:15 4.2 The King's officials
00:24:24 4.2.1 Maha Adigars
00:25:04 4.2.2 Disawes
00:25:45 4.2.3 Rate Mahaththayas
00:26:21 4.2.4 Diyawadana Nilame
00:26:52 4.2.5 Basnayaka Nilame
00:27:00 5 Law
00:27:22 6 Military
00:29:41 7 Economy
00:30:17 8 Administrative divisions
00:30:26 8.1 Divisions
00:30:40 8.2 Rata Wasama
00:30:55 9 Demographics
00:31:04 9.1 Language
00:31:13 9.2 Religions
00:32:09 10 Culture and Arts
00:32:18 10.1 Art and Architecture
00:32:27 11 See also



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The Kingdom of Kandy was an independent monarchy of the island of Sri Lanka, located in the central and eastern portion of the island. It was founded in the late 15th century and endured until the early 19th century.Initially a client kingdom of the Kingdom of Kotte, Kandy gradually established 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 Kingdom, and the Dutch colonizers to ensure its survival.From the 1590s, it was the sole independent native polity on the island of Sri Lanka and through a combination of hit-and-run tactics and diplomacy kept European colonial forces at bay, before finally succumbing to British colonial rule in 1818.
The kingdom was absorbed into the British Empire as a protectorate following the Kandyan Convention of 1815, and definitively lost its autonomy following the Uva Rebellion of 1817.