Cankili II (Tamil: சங்கிலி குமாரன், romanized: Caṅkili Kumāraṉ; died 1621), also spelled Sangili) was the last king of the Jaffna kingdom and was a usurper...

kings confronted and ultimately made peace with the Portuguese. In 1617, Cankili II, a usurper to the throne, confronted the Portuguese but was defeated,...

provoking the Portuguese. With the death of Ethirimana Cinkam in 1617, Cankili II, a usurper, took control of the throne after killing the regent nominated...

described by the Portuguese as being of kingly status. The Portuguese ordered Cankili II, king of Jaffna Kingdom, to surrender the Thanjavur Nayak soldiers and...

kingdom from the 13th until the 17th century, when the last of the dynasty, Cankili II, was ousted by the Portuguese. The origins of the Aryacakravarti are claimed...

the Kingdom Cankili II but a chance encounter lead to a sharp but brief battle that led to the defeat of Cankili II. By his order, Cankili II was killed...

The Sangiliyan statue was dedicated to Cankili II, a Tamil martyr and the last king of Jaffna Kingdom. The statue is seen as a landmark of the city of...

Periya Pillai Arachchi a powerful Karaiyar chief and Cankili II the nephew of the king. Cankili II killed the other two triggering a local uprising against...

quest to get military help from South India. Eventually, a usurper named Cankili II resisted Portuguese overlordship only to find himself ousted and hanged...

was very active in resisting Portuguese colonial inroads into Eelam. Cankili II, known as the last King of the Jaffna Kingdom Arumaipperumal, Batticaloa...

his father Cankili I in 1565. He became king in 1561 following a local uprising against Cankili I. Although he was the nominal king, Cankili I wielded...

Hindu traditions. Cankilian Thoppu, the facade of the palace of King Cankili II, can still be found in Nallur. The third temple was destroyed by the Portuguese...

after the death of Cankili I(1519–1561). Some sources claim that he deposed the Cankili I's son, Puviraja Pandaram as soon as Cankili I died. Others say...

kingdom from 1215 with the invasion of Kalinga Magha to the Portuguese conquest of Jaffna Kingdom under Cankili II 1619. Jaffna Kingdom History of Sri Lanka...

Pararacacekaran (1565–1570) Periyapillai (1565–1582) Ethirimana Cinkam (1591–1617) Cankili II Cekaracacekaran (1617–1619) List of Sethupathi rulers Udaiyan Sethupathi...

Aryacakravarti dynasty kings. Bhavashankari – Rani/Queen of Bhurishrestha Cankili II – the self-proclaimed last king of the Jaffna kingdom Devabhuti – last...

in Trincomalee. The enterprise was abandoned. With the defeat of King Cankili II, all of the territory of the kingdom of Jaffna, comprising Trincomalee...

the king of Jaffna Kingdom, there were three claimants to the throne. Cankili II usurped the throne by killing the other claimants, Arasakasari the latter...

kings. The dynasty ruled the peninsula until 1619, after the last king Cankili II was killed under the Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom. The Northern...

British colonial occupiers in 1803 Cankili I (Sankili Segarajasekaran) - a prominent king of the Jaffna Kingdom Cankili II - last king of the Jaffna kingdom...

expeditionary forces of the Portuguese Empire led by Filipe de Oliveira captured Cankili II, the last native king. De Oliveira moved the center of political and military...

the pretender Mayadunne of Uva and torched the city yet again. In 1619, Cankili II was deposed and the Jaffna Kingdom absorbed into the Portuguese Empire...

leadership of Migapulle Arachchi and fought on the side of Jaffna king Cankili II in the Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom. The population of the...

writer in Malayalam S. S. Kumaran, Tamil film composer Sangili Kumaran or Cankili II (died 1619), the self-proclaimed last king of the Jaffna kingdom Thirunavukkarasu...

evicting the Portuguese from Jaffna. Cankili II of the Aryachakravarti Dynasty was placed on the throne. However, Cankili II ruled for barely two years before...

Pararacacekaran (1565–1570) Periyapillai (1565–1582) Ethirimana Cinkam (1591–1617) Cankili II Cekaracacekaran (1617–1619), last ruler of dynasty List of rulers– Ratna...

led by Filipe de Oliveira, deposes and executes the last Jaffna king (Cankili II), putting an end to the Jaffna Kingdom. A Spanish expedition sails around...

Migapulle Arachchi, did a group of Christians revolt against the Jaffna King Cankili II, who thereupon sought refugee in Kayts and asked the Portuguese for assistance...

damaged during the Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom. The fall of Cankili II, the last of the ruling dynasty at the hands of a 5,000 men-strong Portuguese...

led by Filipe de Oliveira, deposes and executes the last Jaffna king (Cankili II), putting an end to the Jaffna Kingdom. A Spanish expedition sails around...