Kandyan period

After Vimala Dharma Suriya's (II) death his seventeen years old son ascended the throne.

In his reign, the Kandy Maha Dewale was founded in 1731.His wife was a Madurai Nayak Dynasty princess from southern India.

Since he had no children of his own he was succeeded by his wife's brother, Sri Vijaya Rajasinha, who was of Nayakkar nationality which originated from south India.

After that the throne of the Sinhalese kings passed to the Nayakkars till the history of Sri Lankan monarchies ended.

He also built the existing inner temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic and Raja Maha Vihara (Gangarama) in Kandy.

Sri Rajadhi Raja Sinha was fluent in many languages including Pali and Sanskrit.

After he was captured by the British in 1815 it ended the history of Sri Lankan self governed monarchical rule.

Sri Vickrama Rajasinha embraced Buddhism and did sacrifices to the Tooth Relic of Buddha.

Several of the ministers signed the Kandyan Convention which was an agreement for the deposition of Sri Vikrama Rajasinha and ceding of the Kingdom's territory to British rule.

The purpose of the rebellion was to make a blood relative of the Nayak kings named Doraisami the ruler again.

[5] Keppetipola Disawe was sent initially by the British government to stop the uprising but ended up joining the rebellion as its leader and is celebrated for his actions even today in Sri Lanka.