Ruins of the Jaffna Kingdom information

Ruins of the Jaffna Kingdom refer to the remains of the remaining building structures of the Jaffna Kingdom, the royal abode and structure of the ruling...

The Jaffna kingdom (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாண அரசு, Sinhala: යාපනය රාජධානිය; 1215–1619 CE), also known as Kingdom of Aryachakravarti, was a historical kingdom...

The Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom occurred after Portuguese traders arrived at the rival Kotte kingdom in the southwest of modern Sri Lanka...

in the Jaffna peninsula from classical antiquity. Jaffna's suburb Nallur served as the capital of the four-century-long medieval Tamil Jaffna Kingdom. Prior...

the start of the history of the Jaffna kingdom is debated among historians. The name 'Ko Veta' is engraved in Brahmi script on a seal buried with the...

The burning of the Jaffna Public Library (Tamil: யாழ் பொது நூலகம் எரிப்பு, Yāḻ potu nūlakam erippu; Sinhala: යාපනය මහජන පුස්තකාලය ගිනිබත් කිරීම, Yāpanaya...

the establishment of the Jaffna Kingdom in the Jaffna Peninsula. Control of this area was taken over by dispossessed Sinhalese nobles and chiefs of the...

by the Sri Lankan government in 2007. The palace is associated with the Jaffna kingdom. It is believed to be one of the palaces or residences of a minister...

government. One of the ruins of the Jaffna kingdom, Yamuna Eri is located near the Mantri Manai palace and the Cankilian Thoppu arch. According to the chronological...

and the sciences flourished during the medieval period in the court of the Jaffna Kingdom. Since the beginning of the Sri Lankan Civil War in the 1980s...

the rice fields and meadows of the Vannimai districts of the ascending Jaffna kingdom to the Koneswaram shrine. Kankuveli is also home to the ruins of...

districts of the ascending Jaffna kingdom to the Koneswaram shrine. The Tamil Aryacakravarti dynasty kings of the Jaffna kingdom paid homage to the Koneswaram...

south side of the harbour at Muttur. Trincomalee was made into a fortified port town following the Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom, changing...

inscription and coins of the Jaffna Kingdom have also been found. Most inscriptions are of a Hindu or Buddhist nature, or record the exploits of merchants, soldiers...

The Arya Chakravarti dynasty (Tamil: ஆரியச் சக்கரவர்த்திகள் வம்சம், Sinhalese: ආර්ය චක්‍රවර්තී රාජවංශය) were kings of the Jaffna Kingdom in Sri Lanka....

king of the Jaffna Kingdom Cankili II - last king of the Jaffna kingdom Migapulle Arachchi - Feudal lord of Jaffna Kingdom who rebelled against the Portuguese...

facade, and one of the remnants of the Jaffna kingdom. The arch is located on the Jaffna-Point Pedro Road, near Nallur, Jaffna. The Cankilian Thoppu...

as the western sector of the Jaffna Kingdom. Gurunagar, also spelled as Kurunagar derives its words from Kuru and Nagar (Urban centre in Tamil). The word...

called the Mukkara Hatana (The Mukkuvar War). The Jaffna chronicle, Yalpana Vaipava Malai, mentions the exile of Mukkuvars from Jaffna Kingdom to Batticaloa...

Gulf of Mannar under the Jaffna Kingdom, which were one of the worlds major pearl fisheries. The Karaiyars were by the Portuguese described as the most...

military wants Jaffna University shut down on Mu'l'livaaykkaal Day". TamilNet. 6 May 2014. "Jaffna University To Close On May 18". The Sunday Leader....

in Sri Lanka, predominantly found in the Jaffna peninsula and adjacent Vanni region, who comprise about half of the Sri Lankan Tamil population. They were...

Rasanayagam, Mudaliyar C. (1993). Ancient Jaffna: Being a Research Into the History of Jaffna from Very Early Times to the Portuguese Period. Asian Educational...

persecution erupted in the form of the 1956, 1958, 1977, 1981 and 1983 anti-Tamil pogroms, as well as the 1981 burning of the Jaffna Public Library. These...

Settlements in Jaffna: An Archaeological Survey. University of Jaffna: Thillimalar Ragupathy. p. 185. Man, John (1999). Atlas of the Year 1000. Harvard...

and Jaffna. All doctors and nurses in the government hospitals are qualified and trained, with some of the most experienced staff working at the teaching...