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Kingdom of Kandy was an independent monarchy of the island of 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〔(Enemy lines: childhood, warfare, and play in Batticaloa ), Page 40, Author:Margaret Trawick, Publisher: University of California Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-520-24516-7〕 of South India, Sitawaka, the Portuguese and the Dutch 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 final, 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. ==Name== Over the years, the Kingdom of Kandy has been known by many names.〔(Chapter 1 ), Kandyan Kingdom〕〔 page 197〕〔 Full view book〕 These include: * Kanda Uda Pasrata * The Senkadagala Kingdom * The Kanda Udarata * The Mahanuwara Kingdom * Sri Wardhanapura *Sinhalé * Thun Sinhalaya or Tri Sinhala 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kingdom of Kandy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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