CONTENTS 



THE SECOND VOLUME. 



Gross Collection 

 Bus. Adm. Lib. 



PART VI. 

 MODERN HISTORY. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE PORTUGUESE IN CEYLOIf. 



Page 

 Gloomy character of the policy of 



Portugal in Ceylon ... 3 

 " War, trade, and religion " . . 3 

 Tbeir historj' as -written by them- 

 selves ...... 4 



A.D. 1505. — Their first visit to Cejion 5 



They did not go for cinnamon Senate) 5 

 Political contlition of Ceylon at the 



time 5 



Active commerce of the iloors . . G 



Chiefs of the Wanny .... 6 



List of the petty principalities {note) 6 



Low character of the Singhalese kings 7 



Dependent on India for rice . . 7 

 A. u. ] 505. — Almeyda accidentally 



visits Galle 7 



His reception by the pretended king 8 

 A.D. 1517. — Portuguese come to Co- 

 lombo 8 



Importance of Ceylon to their trade , 8 

 They commence to build a fort . 9 

 The Moors excite the king to resist- 

 ance 9 



A.D. 1520. — Fort of Colombo con- 

 structed 10 



Portuguese besieged in it . . .10 

 The beginning of a protracted war . 10 

 Effects of this war on the Singha- 

 lese 10 



Impotence of the kings of Cotta . 1 1 



The Kandyans organise resistance . 11 



The Singhalese become soldiers . 12 



And learn to manufacture arms (note) 12 

 Genealojv of the kings of Cevlon (note) 13 



The king killed by Maya Diinnai . 13 



A.D. 1534. — Bhuwaneka Bahu VIL . 13 



Cotta besieged by Maya Dunnai . 14 

 A.D. 1538. — War renewed . . .14 

 A.D. 1541. — King's son christened at 



Lisbon 14 



Franciscan Order established in 



Cevlon 15 



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 A. D. 1542. — The king accidentally 



shot 15 



The young king avows Christianity 16 

 Renewed war and cruelties of the 



Portuguese 16 



Coast towards Galle laid waste . . 16 



Raja Singha, son to Maya Dunnai . 17 



A.D. 1563. — He besieges Colombo . 17 

 Cotta abandoned . . . .17 

 Increase of proseh-tism . . .17 

 The king of Kandv (1547) invites 



the Roman Catholic priests . . 18 



But attacks and expels them . . 18 



A.n. 1581. — Raja Singha I. crowned IS 

 Takes possession of Kandj', and the 



king flies 19 



Donna Catharina, daughter of the 



fugitive king . . . . .19 

 A.D. 1586. — Raja Singha II. besieges 



Colombo 19 



Cruelties of the siege . (note) 19 

 Destruction of the temple at Dondera 



Head 20 



The siege raised, and death of Raja 



Singha 11 21 



The Portuguese take Kandy . .21 



Their general Kunappoo revolts . 21 

 Anil becomes king as " Wimala 



Dharma" 22 



Lopez de Souza and his army de- 

 stroyed 23 



A.D. 1594. — The atrocities of Azavedo 23 

 A.D. 1597. — The King of Cotta dies, 



leaving the King of Portugal heir 



to his cro\vii 24 



Dignified conduct of the Singhalese 



chiefs 25 



Nature and extent of the Portuguese 



possessions 26 



Their establishments and trade . . 26 



Error corrected in llibeyro . (note) 27 

 Colombo as it then existed. — Galle 



and the other forts . . . .28 



Sketch of the historv of Jaffna . . 28 



Made tributarv in l"544 . . 29 



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