Cankili I (Tamil: சங்கிலியன்) (died 1565), also known as Segarasasekaram (Jaga Rajasekharam), is the most remembered Jaffna kingdom king in the Sri Lankan Tamil history. He was active in resisting Portuguese colonial inroads into Sri Lanka. He inherited his throne via palace intrigues in which a number of heirs died under mysterious circumstances. Ultimately, he was removed from power by a local uprising that led to his son Puviraja Pandaram taking nominal power from him.
CankiliI (Tamil: சங்கிலியன்) (died 1565), also known as Segarasasekaram (Jaga Rajasekharam), is the most remembered Jaffna kingdom king in the Sri Lankan...
Jaffna kingdom may become a beachhead for the Dutch landings. It was king CankiliI who resisted contacts with the Portuguese and even massacred 600–700 Parava...
his father CankiliI in 1565. He became king in 1561 following a local uprising against CankiliI. Although he was the nominal king, CankiliI wielded real...
southwest of modern Sri Lanka in 1505. Many kings of Jaffna, such as CankiliI, initially confronted the Portuguese in their attempts at converting the...
often visited by King Singai Pararasasegaram and his successor King CankiliI in the following centuries. Trincomalee served a similar purpose to its...
Jaffna kingdom may become a beachhead for the Dutch landings. It was king CankiliI who resisted contacts with the Portuguese and even massacred 600–700 Parava...
later Aryacakravarti kings of the Jaffna kingdom. He was the father of CankiliI. Singai Pararajaseakaram was the first-born son of Kanakasooriya Singaiariyan...
the visitors were King Singai Pararasasegaram and his successor King CankiliI. King Jeyaveera Cinkaiariyan (1380—1410 CE) had the traditional history...
Ponnambalam Arunachalam, leader in the Sri Lankan independence movement CankiliI also known as Cekaracacekaran VII, most remembered Jaffna kingdom king...
after the death of CankiliI(1519–1561). Some sources claim that he deposed the CankiliI's son, Puviraja Pandaram as soon as CankiliI died. Others say...
(modern Sri Lanka), where he discovered the source of cinnamon. Although CankiliI of Jaffna initially resisted contact with them, the Jaffna kingdom came...
and other fortifications. Cankilian Thopu or entrance of the palace of CankiliI and Mantri Manai or minister's palace are few of the pre-colonial buildings...
coast. The conquests and rule of the island by Pallava king Narasimhavarman I (630–668 CE) and his grandfather King Simhavishnu (537–590 CE) saw the erection...
kingdom from the 13th until the 17th century, when the last of the dynasty, Cankili II, was ousted by the Portuguese. The origins of the Aryacakravarti are...
British colonial occupiers in 1803 CankiliI (Sankili Segarajasekaran) - a prominent king of the Jaffna Kingdom Cankili II - last king of the Jaffna kingdom...
shores of Sri Lanka by the Portuguese to wrest control on the pearl trade. CankiliI, king of Jaffna Kingdom, ordered the death of 600 Christian Bharathas...
chapel. The chapel was constructed as the place where the Jaffna king CankiliI killed his own son for converting to Catholicism. Starting from the early...
thumb Sankili may refer to: CankiliI LOKESH Sankili, Srikakulam This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sankili. If an internal...
from 1215 with the invasion of Kalinga Magha to the Portuguese conquest of Jaffna Kingdom under Cankili II 1619. Jaffna Kingdom History of Sri Lanka...
the Crisis of the Sixteenth Century (1521–1597) in the Jaffna Kingdom, CankiliI killed 600 Catholic converts. Portuguese missionaries attributed the baptism...
Aryacakravarti dynasty of Jaffna Kingdom had their residence here. King CankiliI had his stronghold at the fort previously located in Kopay. The Arya Cakravartti...
Mannar massacre may refer to: CankiliI's massacre of Paravar Catholics on Mannar Island in 1544 1984 Mannar massacre, the killing of Tamils in Mannar...
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