Kandyan–Dutch conflicts

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The Kandyan–Dutch conflicts were a series of 17th–18th century wars in Sri Lanka between the inland Kingdom of Kandy and the Dutch colonial powers vying for control of the island.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
conflictType series of wars ⓘ
endTime 18th century ⓘ
follows Kandyan–Portuguese War ⓘ
hasCause competition for control of coastal areas of Sri Lanka ⓘ
control of cinnamon trade ⓘ
resistance to Dutch colonial expansion ⓘ
struggle for control of Sri Lankan interior ⓘ
hasEffect affected trade routes in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
impacted local Sri Lankan polities and chieftains ⓘ
influenced later British takeover of Dutch Ceylon ⓘ
shaped boundaries between Kandyan interior and Dutch coastal rule ⓘ
hasMainBelligerent Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Dutch Republic ⓘ
Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ
hasPart Dutch–Kandyan War of 1761–1766 ⓘ
earlier 17th-century clashes between Kandy and the Dutch ⓘ
hasResult Dutch consolidation of coastal territories in Sri Lanka ⓘ
continued independence of the Kingdom of Kandy during Dutch period ⓘ
weakening of Portuguese influence in Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasTheater central highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
coastal regions of Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasTopic European colonialism in Asia ⓘ
Kandyan diplomacy with European powers ⓘ
Sri Lankan military history ⓘ
cinnamon trade monopoly ⓘ
resistance to colonial rule ⓘ
historicalPeriod early modern period ⓘ
involves cinnamon-producing regions of Sri Lanka ⓘ
languageOfSources Dutch ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ
locatedIn Dutch Ceylon ⓘ
Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
opposedBy Dutch colonial authorities in Ceylon ⓘ
Kandyan kingdom nobility ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan aristocracy
partOf colonial conflicts in Asia ⓘ
history of Sri Lanka ⓘ
relatedTo Dutch Ceylon ⓘ
Dutch–Portuguese War ⓘ
Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ
startTime 17th century ⓘ
usedWarfareType fortress warfare around coastal strongholds ⓘ
guerrilla warfare in mountainous terrain ⓘ

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Kandyan kings → militaryConflict → Kandyan–Dutch conflicts ⓘ
Kandyan–Dutch conflicts → hasPart → Dutch–Kandyan War of 1761–1766 ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan–Dutch conflicts