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.

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 ...

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 ...