Nayakkar dynasty

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The Nayakkar dynasty was a South Indian-origin royal house that ruled the Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka during its final centuries before British annexation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf South Indian-origin dynasty ⓘ
royal dynasty ⓘ
ruling house of Kandy ⓘ
broughtToThroneBy Kandyan nobility ⓘ
capital Kandy ⓘ
conflict Kandyan Wars ⓘ
country Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ
culturalImpact integration of South Indian and Sinhalese court traditions ⓘ
dynasticMarriageLinks South Indian Nayak families ⓘ
linked to: Nayaks of Thanjavur
endedWithEvent British annexation of Kandy in 1815 ⓘ
endTime 1815 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Telugu ⓘ
event Kandyan Convention of 1815 ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan Convention
finalPhaseOf Kandyan monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan Kingdom
followedBy British Ceylon administration ⓘ
linked to: British Ceylon
governmentForm absolute monarchy ⓘ
historicalEra early modern period ⓘ
knownFor South Indian cultural influence at Kandyan court ⓘ
final indigenous monarchy in Sri Lanka ⓘ
languageOfCourt Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
lastRulingMonarch Sri Vikrama Rajasinha ⓘ
legitimizedBy Buddhist clergy of Kandy ⓘ
maintained Theravada Buddhist institutions in Kandy ⓘ
notableRuler Kirti Sri Rajasinha ⓘ
Rajadhi Rajasinha ⓘ
linked to: Kirti Sri Rajasinha

Sri Vijaya Rajasinha ⓘ
Sri Vikrama Rajasinha ⓘ
opponent British Empire in Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: British Ceylon
overthrownBy British Empire ⓘ
partOf history of Sri Lanka ⓘ
history of the Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ
patronized Buddhist Sangha in Sri Lanka ⓘ
politicalStatus client monarchy under increasing British influence ⓘ
precededBy House of Dinajara (Kandyan royal line) ⓘ
region Sri Lanka ⓘ
regionOfOrigin South India ⓘ
religion Buddhism (patronage) ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
ruled Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ
startTime 1739 ⓘ
territory Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
titleOfRulers Rajasinha ⓘ
Sri Raja Sinha ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Kandy → lastRulingDynasty → Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ
King of Kandy → dynasty → Nayaka dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Nayakkar dynasty
Nayak rulers of Madurai → dynasticHouse → Nayak dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Nayakkar dynasty
Vandiyur Mariamman Teppakulam → constructionPeriod → Nayak dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Nayakkar dynasty
Kirti Sri Rajasinha → dynasty → Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ
Kandyan kings → dynasticOrigin → Nayaka dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Nayakkar dynasty
House of Dinajara → followedBy → Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ
House of Dinajara → predecessorOf → South Indian–origin Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Nayakkar dynasty
House of Dinajara → successorDynasty → Nayakkar royal house ⓘ
linked to: Nayakkar dynasty
Kandyan Kingdom → lastRulingDynasty → Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ
Sri Vijaya Rajasinha → dynasty → Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ
Sri Raja Sinha → usedBy → Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ
House of Siri Sanga Bo → successorDynasty → Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ
Sri Lankan monarchy → lastRulingDynasty → Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ
Sri Lankan monarchy → majorDynasty → Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ
Kirthi Sri Rajasinghe → dynasty → Nayaka dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Nayakkar dynasty
Vira Narendra Sinha → dynasty → Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ
Vira Narendra Sinha → ethnicContext → South Indian-origin Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Nayakkar dynasty
Sri Vikrama Rajasimha → dynasty → Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ