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- Jaffna_kingdom abstract "The Jaffna kingdom (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாண அரசு) (1215-1624 CE), also known as Kingdom of Aryacakravarti, of modern northern Sri Lanka was a historic monarchy that came into existence around the town of Jaffna on the Jaffna peninsula after the invasion of Magha, who is identified as the founder of the Jaffna kingdom and is said to have been from Kalinga, in India. Established as a powerful force in the north, north east and west of the island, it eventually became a tribute paying feudatory of the Pandyan Empire in modern South India in 1258, gaining independence in 1323 with the fragmentation of the Pandyan control when the last Pandyan ruler of Madurai was defeated and expelled in 1323 by Malik Kafur, the army general of the Muslim empire Delhi Sultanate. For a brief period, in the early to mid-14th century, it was an ascendant power in the island of Sri Lanka when all regional kingdoms accepted subordination. However, the kingdom was eventually overpowered by the rival Kotte Kingdom, around 1450 when it was invaded by a Tamil named Chempaha Perumal under the Kotte Kingdoms directive.It was freed of Kotte control in 1467; its subsequent rulers directed their energies towards consolidating its economic potential by maximising revenue from pearls and elephant exports and land revenue. It was less feudal than most of other regional kingdoms in the island of Sri Lanka of the same period. During this period, important local Tamil literature was produced and Hindu temples were built including an academy for language advancement.The arrival of the Portuguese colonial power to the island of Sri Lanka in 1505, and its strategic location in the Palk Strait connecting all interior Sinhalese kingdoms to South India, created political problems. Many of its kings confronted and ultimately made peace with the Portuguese colonials. In 1617, Cankili II, an usurper to the throne, confronted the Portuguese but was defeated, thus bringing the kingdom’s independent existence to an end in 1619. Although rebels like Migapulle Arachchi with help of Thanjavur Nayak kingdom tried to recover the kingdom but were eventually defeated. Nallur, a suburb of Jaffna town, served as its capital.".
- Jaffna_kingdom capital Nallur_(Jaffna).
- Jaffna_kingdom currency Setu_coins.
- Jaffna_kingdom dissolutionYear "1624".
- Jaffna_kingdom foundingYear "1215".
- Jaffna_kingdom thumbnail Flag_Portugal_(1640).svg?width=300.
- Jaffna_kingdom wikiPageExternalLink index.php.
- Jaffna_kingdom wikiPageID "4083551".
- Jaffna_kingdom wikiPageRevisionID "604684933".
- Jaffna_kingdom capital Nallur_(Jaffna).
- Jaffna_kingdom commonLanguages Tamil_language.
- Jaffna_kingdom commonName "Jaffna kingdom".
- Jaffna_kingdom continent "Asia".
- Jaffna_kingdom conventionalLongName "Kingdom of Aryacakravarti".
- Jaffna_kingdom country "Sri Lanka".
- Jaffna_kingdom currency Setu_coins.
- Jaffna_kingdom dateEvent "1323".
- Jaffna_kingdom dateEvent "1450".
- Jaffna_kingdom dateEvent "1467".
- Jaffna_kingdom dateEvent "1505".
- Jaffna_kingdom era "Medieval era".
- Jaffna_kingdom event Kingdom_of_Kotte.
- Jaffna_kingdom event Portuguese_Empire.
- Jaffna_kingdom event "Aryacakravarti dynasty restored".
- Jaffna_kingdom event "Independence from Pandya Empire".
- Jaffna_kingdom eventEnd Portuguese_conquest_of_the_Jaffna_kingdom.
- Jaffna_kingdom eventStart "Kalinga Magha Invasion of Lanka causing Fall of Polonnaruwa Kingdom.".
- Jaffna_kingdom flag "Royal flag of the Jaffna kingdom".
- Jaffna_kingdom flagS "Flag Portugal .svg".
- Jaffna_kingdom governmentType "Monarchy".
- Jaffna_kingdom hasPhotoCollection Jaffna_kingdom.
- Jaffna_kingdom imageCoat "Jaffna coat of armst.jpeg".
- Jaffna_kingdom imageFlag "Royal_Flag_of_the_Jaffna_Kingdom.svg".
- Jaffna_kingdom imageMap "Jaffna_Kingdom.jpg".
- Jaffna_kingdom imageMap2Caption "Jaffna kingdom at its greatest extent c. 1350.".
- Jaffna_kingdom leader "Cankili II".
- Jaffna_kingdom leader "Cinkaiariyan Cekaracacekaran I a.k.a Kalinga Magha".
- Jaffna_kingdom nativeName "ஆரியச்சக்கரவர்த்தி அரசு".
- Jaffna_kingdom p "Polonnaruwa Kingdom".
- Jaffna_kingdom region "South Asia".
- Jaffna_kingdom religion Hinduism.
- Jaffna_kingdom s "Portuguese Ceylon".
- Jaffna_kingdom symbol "Nandi".
- Jaffna_kingdom symbolType "Royal Emblem".
- Jaffna_kingdom titleLeader Aryacakravarti_dynasty.
- Jaffna_kingdom yearEnd "1624".
- Jaffna_kingdom yearLeader "1215".
- Jaffna_kingdom yearLeader "1617".
- Jaffna_kingdom yearStart "1215".
- Jaffna_kingdom subject Category:1619_disestablishments.
- Jaffna_kingdom subject Category:Former_Portuguese_colonies.
- Jaffna_kingdom subject Category:Former_countries_in_South_Asia.
- Jaffna_kingdom subject Category:Historical_Hindu_kingdoms.
- Jaffna_kingdom subject Category:Indianized_kingdoms.
- Jaffna_kingdom subject Category:Jaffna_kingdom.
- Jaffna_kingdom subject Category:Kingdoms_of_Sri_Lanka.
- Jaffna_kingdom subject Category:States_and_territories_established_in_1215.
- Jaffna_kingdom type Abstraction100002137.
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- Jaffna_kingdom type Body107965085.
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- Jaffna_kingdom type Environment113934596.
- Jaffna_kingdom type FormerPortugueseColonies.
- Jaffna_kingdom type Group100031264.
- Jaffna_kingdom type HistoricalHinduKingdoms.
- Jaffna_kingdom type IndianizedKingdoms.
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- Jaffna_kingdom type KingdomsOfSriLanka.
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- Jaffna_kingdom type State100024720.
- Jaffna_kingdom type Country.
- Jaffna_kingdom type Place.
- Jaffna_kingdom type PopulatedPlace.
- Jaffna_kingdom type Wikidata:Q532.
- Jaffna_kingdom type Country.
- Jaffna_kingdom type Place.
- Jaffna_kingdom type Country.
- Jaffna_kingdom type Location.
- Jaffna_kingdom comment "The Jaffna kingdom (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாண அரசு) (1215-1624 CE), also known as Kingdom of Aryacakravarti, of modern northern Sri Lanka was a historic monarchy that came into existence around the town of Jaffna on the Jaffna peninsula after the invasion of Magha, who is identified as the founder of the Jaffna kingdom and is said to have been from Kalinga, in India.".
- Jaffna_kingdom label "Jaffna kingdom".
- Jaffna_kingdom label "Königreich Jaffna".
- Jaffna_kingdom label "Regno Jaffna".
- Jaffna_kingdom label "Reino de Jaffna".
- Jaffna_kingdom label "Royaume de Jaffna".
- Jaffna_kingdom label "Джафна (государство)".
- Jaffna_kingdom label "ジャフナ王国".
- Jaffna_kingdom sameAs Königreich_Jaffna.
- Jaffna_kingdom sameAs Royaume_de_Jaffna.
- Jaffna_kingdom sameAs Kerajaan_Jaffna.
- Jaffna_kingdom sameAs Regno_Jaffna.
- Jaffna_kingdom sameAs ジャフナ王国.
- Jaffna_kingdom sameAs Reino_de_Jaffna.
- Jaffna_kingdom sameAs m.0bh5tg.
- Jaffna_kingdom sameAs Q1311219.
- Jaffna_kingdom sameAs Q1311219.
- Jaffna_kingdom sameAs Jaffna_kingdom.
- Jaffna_kingdom wasDerivedFrom Jaffna_kingdom?oldid=604684933.
- Jaffna_kingdom depiction Flag_Portugal_(1640).svg.