Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka)

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Sinhalese kingdom historical kingdom monarchy

The Kingdom of Kandy was an independent Sinhalese monarchy in the central highlands of Sri Lanka that long resisted European colonial control before finally falling to the British in 1815.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Kingdom of Kandy	74
government of the Kingdom of Kandy	2
Kandyan	1
Kandyan Highlands	1
Kandyan Kingdom	1
Kandyan highlands	1
Kingdom of Kandy (as sovereign authority in the interior)	1
Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) canonical	1
Kingdom of Kandy royal court	1
Temple of the Tooth area, Kandy	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T103952 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka)
Context triple: [Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon), notIncluding, Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka)]

A. Dominion of Ceylon
The Dominion of Ceylon was a British Commonwealth realm in South Asia that existed from 1948 to 1972, when it became the fully independent republic of Sri Lanka.
B. Jaffna
Jaffna is a historic city in northern Sri Lanka, known as a cultural and political center of Sri Lankan Tamils and for its strategic coastal location.
C. Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon)
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) was a former Dutch colonial territory on the island of Sri Lanka, controlled mainly for its strategic ports and lucrative cinnamon trade from the mid-17th to late 18th century.
D. Galle
Galle is a historic coastal city in southern Sri Lanka renowned for its well-preserved colonial-era fort and long-standing role as a key Indian Ocean trading hub.
E. Trincomalee
Trincomalee is a strategically important natural deep-water harbor and coastal city on the northeastern coast of Sri Lanka.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka)
Target entity description: The Kingdom of Kandy was an independent Sinhalese monarchy in the central highlands of Sri Lanka that long resisted European colonial control before finally falling to the British in 1815.

A. Dominion of Ceylon
The Dominion of Ceylon was a British Commonwealth realm in South Asia that existed from 1948 to 1972, when it became the fully independent republic of Sri Lanka.
B. Jaffna
Jaffna is a historic city in northern Sri Lanka, known as a cultural and political center of Sri Lankan Tamils and for its strategic coastal location.
C. Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon)
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) was a former Dutch colonial territory on the island of Sri Lanka, controlled mainly for its strategic ports and lucrative cinnamon trade from the mid-17th to late 18th century.
D. Galle
Galle is a historic coastal city in southern Sri Lanka renowned for its well-preserved colonial-era fort and long-standing role as a key Indian Ocean trading hub.
E. Trincomalee
Trincomalee is a strategically important natural deep-water harbor and coastal city on the northeastern coast of Sri Lanka.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sinhalese kingdom ⓘ historical kingdom ⓘ monarchy ⓘ
annexedBy	United Kingdom ⓘ
annexedInYear	1815 ⓘ
capital	Kandy ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
coreTerritory	Kandyan Highlands ⓘ linked to: Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) Udarata (Up-Country) ⓘ
country	Sri Lanka ⓘ
currency	Kandyan massa ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Sinhalese ⓘ linked to: Sinhalese people
fellTo	British Empire ⓘ
governmentType	Buddhist monarchy ⓘ absolute monarchy ⓘ
hasSite	Temple of the Tooth ⓘ
knownFor	long resistance to European colonial rule ⓘ preservation of Sinhalese culture ⓘ upholding Buddhism in Sri Lanka ⓘ
language	Sinhala ⓘ
lastMonarch	Sri Vikrama Rajasinha ⓘ
lastMonarchDeposedBy	United Kingdom ⓘ
lastRulingDynasty	Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ
locatedIn	central highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ interior Sri Lanka ⓘ
maintainedIndependenceAgainst	British colonial rule until 1815 ⓘ Dutch colonial rule ⓘ Portuguese colonial rule ⓘ
modernLocation	Central Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ Uva Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
partOf	Sri Lankan monarchy ⓘ
politicalStatusAfter1815	part of British Ceylon ⓘ
politicalStatusBefore1815	independent kingdom ⓘ
predecessor	Kingdom of Kotte ⓘ Kingdom of Sitawaka ⓘ linked to: Kingdom of Kotte
region	South Asia ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ Theravada Buddhism ⓘ linked to: Theravada
religiousCenter	Temple of the Tooth ⓘ
resisted	British Empire ⓘ Dutch Empire ⓘ linked to: Dutch colonial empire Portuguese Empire ⓘ
successor	British Ceylon ⓘ Kandyan Convention ⓘ
treaty	Kandyan Convention ⓘ
usedTitleOfRuler	King of Kandy ⓘ King of Sri Lanka ⓘ

How these facts were elicited