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Ceylone in 1764 - Original Map from The Map House

by ragavan | July 7, 2009 at 03:10 pm

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This is the original map of Ceylon in 1764, before it was renamed as Sri Lanka, before it was united under one administration by the British. This map clearly shows the three kingdoms, ROYAUME DE CANDY which is the one in central,one in south and Tamils in North & East.

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Hiranya Malwatta

at 02:20 on July 8th, 2009

This is a black and white print. Yes it clearly shows lines drawn in red, blue and yellow on the printed paper. No, not clever enough.

senthil5000

at 07:14 on July 8th, 2009

Three kingdoms are :

1) Kandy in the central hills,
2) Kotte at the Western coast, and
3) Yarlpanam (Anglicised Jaffna) in the north

According to the counsel for Amirthalingam, the Kingdom of Jaffna existed up to 1619 A.D. With the fall of Jaffna the sovereignty of the Tamils, which was vested in the King of Jaffna passed on to the Portuguese. These two sovereignties later passed on to the Dutch and then to the British. Meanwhile, the sovereignty of the people of Kandy, which was vested in the King of Kandy also passed on to the British in 1815. Though the British had taken over the entire Island these three areas (ruled by the sovereigns of Kandy, Kotte and Jaffna) were administered separately up to 1833. They were then amalgamated on the recommendation of the Colebrooke Commission.

Uncle Sam (not verified)

at 08:39 on July 8th, 2009

Correction.

The Kingdoms should have been....

Hiranya Malwatta

at 11:37 on July 8th, 2009

Who were the last 5 kings in this supposed eelam kingdom? And their periods of rein? And can I know when this supposed kingdom begin to exist? (the time period)

Why are there no historical evidence? No buildings, ruins, encriptions, nothing? (the only historical places are Buddhist monuments in this area)

ragavan

at 13:17 on July 8th, 2009

Jaffna Kingdom -

There are various Tamil kings ruled Jaffna between BC 300 - AD 1200

(If Jaffna Library was not burnt down by Sinhala thugs, we would have more evidence, well that was their intention anyway). Still there are evidence in the form of temples, encriptions,coins,etc)

1236 - 1262 - Kalingamaagan

1519 - 1565 - King Sangili I

1565 - 1617 Kasi Nyinaar, Periya Pillai, Puviraja Pandaram, Ethirmannasinga kumaran

1617 - 1619 Sangili Kumaran ( King Sangili II)

1619-1658 - Portuguese Rule

1658-1796 - Dutch Rule

1796-1948 - British Rule

Source: Tamils in Eelam, M V Publishers - Syndey 2008

ISBN: 978-0-646-49455-5

Uncle Sam (not verified)

at 17:19 on July 8th, 2009

Source: Tamils in Eelam, M V Publishers - Syndey 2008

Ha ha ha ha ,

KevinKulasekera (not verified)

at 14:29 on July 8th, 2009

Utter rubbish.

This map was drawn at a time when the coastal areas were occupied by the Europeans, and the Sinhalese were confined mainly to the Kandyan uplands. There was absolutely no Tamil kingdom or anything close in 1764. The map makes no mention of a Tamil kingdom because there was none.

All areas outside the Royaume de Candy in 1764 were occupied by the Dutch.

AddMe (not verified)

at 06:36 on September 12th, 2009

So your kingdom was so big and powerfull, that everything pertaining to it was hidden away in a Library? LOL.There are other maps from the same period which does not show this partion. This partion was the tax line, where the King of Kandy could collect taxes. The rest was under the Dutch controll.