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An insight into the Kandyan Convention of 1815 Source:Ceylontoday It was Kandy, the last kingdom of Sri Lanka, and there is no doubt that every Sri Lankan knows it. The beautiful remains of the Kingdom can be still spotted, scattered centring the sacred Temple of Tooth, and of course, one might be astonished by the magnificence of the city that it could have been back then. Nevertheless, the story behind this beautiful city is not so beautiful-and rather tragic. It is in this elegant city that the British, with their subtle war tactics and treachery, swallowed up Sri Lanka in their hunger for colonies. Perhaps, it could be one of the easiest invasions recorded in history. What happened? After the death of the last Sinhalese king of Sri Lanka, Sri Veera Parakrama Narendrasinghe, the Nayakkar lineage – with a South Indian ancestry-ascended to the throne. Tracing history, it seems the ...