by, Professor Nishan C Wijesinha of the German School of Medicine.

The Jaffna Kingdom (1215–1619 CE) was a major historical Kingdom on the Jaffna Peninsula in the northern part of Ceylon which was popularised by it’s stilts related cultural dancers; within the Peninsular. 

The purpose of this Mahapabbata ritual was to spread the message of the value of agriculture for a productive and self sustainable economy.

Aryacakravarti dynasty — the line of kings who ruled the Jaffna Kingdom in northern Sri Lanka.

Jaffna Kingdom Aryacakravarti line of kings…

Final ruler Cankili II in Jaffna Kingdom before it’s  Dissolution 1619 by the Portuguese.

The illustrations here should be drawn to 4 kings in traditional royal dress with their hands in anjali mudra  pose of Hinduism.

Here these kings  carried a chakra/disc weapon, a symbol of the Aryacakravartis.

Bottom labels in Tamil:

பராசசேகரராசா = Pararasasekararasa / Pararajasekaram

பண்டாரம் = Pandaram

பரநிருபசிங்கம் = Paranirupasingham

சங்கிலி = Cankili / Sangili

Key facts about this:

Jaffna Kingdom 1215-1619: Independent Tamil kingdom covering northern Sri Lanka. The Aryacakravartis ruled for ∼400 years.

Cankili II = The last king.

Portuguese captured Jaffna in 1619, executed Cankili II in Goa in 1623, and dissolved the kingdom. That ended independent Tamil rule in Lanka until modern times.

The 4 kings shown: are the last 4 kings before Portuguese conquest:

Pararajasekaram — ruled early 1500s

Pandaram — disputed ruler, civil war period

Paranirupasingham — ruled mid-1500s

Cankili I or Cankili II — Cankili II was the final one in 1619.