Davie and three others escaped but Davie was taken as a prisoner to the king along the Paranaganthota road. Governor North and MacDowall made many attempts to secure his release but the king refused.

Anuradha Seneviratna- Professor Emeritus- University of Peradeniya, takes us through the glory days of the Kandy Kingdom- from its establishment in 1592 by King Vimaladharmasuriya I to its resistance ...

Kandy, located in the heartland of the tear-shaped island of Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean, was the ancient capital of the country when it was known as Ceylon. Protected by the mountainous jungles ...