by Andrew Marshall

What was the Sinhalese-Portuguese War (1527-1658)?

Introduction The Sinhalese–Portuguese War was a series of conflicts waged from 1527 to 1658 during the Transitional and Kandyan periods in Sri Lanka between the Sinhalese kingdoms and their allies, against the Portuguese Empire. The Crisis of the Sixteenth Century (1521-1597), started with the Vijayabā Kollaya, the division of the Sinhala Kingdom, then centered at… Read More

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by Andrew Marshall

What was the Campaign of Danture (1594)?

Introduction The Danture campaign comprised a series of encounters between the Portuguese and the Kingdom of Kandy in 1594, part of the Sinhalese-Portuguese War. It is considered a turning point in the indigenous resistance to Portuguese expansion. For the first time in Sri Lanka a Portuguese army was essentially annihilated, when they were on the… Read More