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The weakness of the king was that he did not have a good knowledge on administration. The result of this was that the Kandyan ch ...

King Sri Vickrama Rajasinghe (1798-1815 A.D.) After king Rajadhirajasinghe’s death, prince Kannasami was made the king as Sri Vi ...

were called ‘Katupulle Messengers’. Their official symbol was a silver ringed cane, the top part of which was bent. Mahawasala a ...

There were several cases heard only by the king. Cases regarding important leaders Cases regarding temples and monks Cases regar ...

Fig. 8.3. A family in the 19th century, who were engaged in the industry of weaving mats. 8.4 Social Organization ■ It was accep ...

King Sri Vijaya Rajasinghe (1739-1747 A.D.) King Keerthi Sri Rajasinghe (1747-1781 A.D.) King Rajadhirajasinghe (1781-1798 A.D) ...

Activity Explain with examples how the rulers of the Kandyan kingdom became great. Describe how the administrative organization ...

9. Renaissance Introduction The word Renaissance means rebirth. The historians use this word to mean the wide transformation tha ...

city of Florence in Italy is a good example for a rich family who supported the artistic affairs.  Intellectual Revival After t ...

Fig 9.2 A drawing, which displays how Galileo Galili examined the space through his telescope. Scientific inventions was a promi ...

were that only the church had the strength to support the arts and the mediaeval thinking had been built upon religious teaching ...

Fig. 9.3. The transformations of the Renaissance influenced many spheres. Architecture and sculpture is one of them. This photog ...

remedies for them. He made a great influence on the modern pharmacology and the methods of treating illnesses. Michael Certes (S ...

 The compass, which could be used for the safety of navel journeys, had been invented.  The fact that the world is round had b ...

revolution. Accordingly, we consider that the transformations, which took place in this country during the British ruling, occur ...

Important Facts  The broad transformation that took place in the fields of arts and science in Europe between the 14th and 16th ...

10. Sri Lanka and the Western World Introduction The Europeans paid their attention to Eastern countries as a result of the new ...

Fig.10.1. The Dutch symbol which has been carved in an old building in Colombo. the 15th century, was very interested in explora ...

economic and religious purposes. The second Portuguese group, who came to India after Vasco De Gama, had been given instructions ...

Expansion of the Portuguese Power in the Coastal Areas in Sri Lanka Before long after the division of Kotte kingdom into three p ...