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JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). 



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DECADE XI 

 1588-1596 a.d. 



Portuguese Governors of India. — Manuel de Sousa Coutinho, 

 governor, May 1588 to May 1591 ; Mathias de Albuquerque, 

 viceroy, May 1591 to May 1597. 



Sinhalese Rulers in Ceylon. — Dharmapala alias Dom Joao 

 Perea Pandar, 1551-97 (Columbo) ; Raja Sinha L, 1581(?)-92 

 (Sitavaka) ; Raja Surya, 1592 (Sitavaka) ; Dom Filippe, 

 1590(?), Dom Joao, 1590(?), (Kandy) ; Dom Joao d' Austria 

 alias Vimala Dharma Surya, 1592-1604 (Kandy). 



Tamil Kings in Jaffna. — Sangili, 15 ??-91 ; Pararaja Sekara 

 Pandara, 1591-??. 



Portuguese Captains- Major of Ceylon. — Joao Correa de Brito, 

 1583-90 ; Simao de Brito, 1590-1 ; Pedro Homem Pereira, 

 1591-4. 



Portuguese Captains-General of Ceylon. — Pero Lopes de 

 Sousa, 1594 ; D. Jeronimo de Azevedo, 1594-1612. 



Summary of Events, 1588-1596. 



[In view of the loss of Couto's Eleventh Decade , and for the 

 proper understanding of the details given in his Twelfth 

 Decade, I have thought it advisable to give the following 

 summary of the events that took place in Ceylon during the 

 period covered by the lost Decade, 1588-1596, as recorded 

 by other writers. These, unfortunately, are sometimes at 

 variance with one another ; and I have not, in some cases, 

 been able to ascertain the actual facts.] 



During the period under notice the centre of interest in 

 Ceylon shifts from the Portuguese fort of Columbo to the 

 Sinhalese kingdom of " Candea " (kandauda, the hill -country), 

 which acquires a predominance that it retains for over two 



