JAFFNA UNDER FOREIGN RULE
Saturday, January 26th, 2019KAMALIKA PIERIS Jaffna was a part of the Sinhala kingdom up to the 12th century . Around 1247 or so, a Malay (Javaka) ruler, called Chandrabanu from the Buddhist kingdom of Ligor (now Nakon Sri Thammarat in Thailand) invaded the Dambadeniya kingdom. He was defeated by Parakrama Bahu II (1236-70). There is reason to believe […]
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