portuguese conquest kingdom portuguese conquest kingdom occurred portuguese traders arrived rival southwest modern sri_lanka kings initially confronted portuguese attempts converting locals eventually peace king installed portuguese nominally client resisted missionary activities helped interior kingdom quest military help eventually named resisted portuguese find ousted hanged subsequent rule portuguese saw population convert population decreased excessive taxation people fled core areas kingdom initial contact portuguese traders reached sri_lanka initial southwestern coastal kingdom enjoyed lucrative monopoly trade interest portuguese kingdom came attention portuguese officials multiple reasons included interference roman catholic missionary activities assumed supporting portuguese interests lucrative markets strategic benefits support anti portuguese factions kingdom late 16th century portuguese influence strengthened courts kingdoms subdued kings kingdom functioned logistical base kingdom located central highlands access gained access east peninsula proved convenient entry port military aid arriving furthermore feared portuguese strategic location kingdom dutch landings king resisted contacts portuguese seven catholics island catholics brought india lucrative pearl fisheries extending kings client state expedition led failed subdue kingdom captured circumstances unclear king paying tribute portuguese elephants equivalent cash second expedition led king killed son installed monarch arrangement gave catholic missionaries freedom action monopoly elephant export portuguese incumbent king resisted helped kingdom kings period intent securing help resist portuguese maintained autonomy kingdom overtly provoking portuguese end kingdom death took control throne killing regent nominated unable secure portuguese acceptance invited military aid allowed use base posing threat portuguese shipping routes june portuguese expeditions naval expedition repulsed led land expedition army able defeat surviving member royal family captured taken hanged remaining captives asked monks holy orders obliged avoided production throne portuguese attempted eliminate royal family number families origin claim descent royal family today portuguese kingdom according description isle ceylon amsterdam dutch travelled sri_lanka 17th century consisted islands island dealing limitations kingdom historian portuguese origin says modest kingdom confined little district added neighboring lands said held obtained separated proceeding river connected lands forming peninsula outside stretch lands separated country jurisdiction captain river lands ends river cross midst lands stretch far according map appears large tract country indicated kings kingdom prior capitulation portuguese jurisdiction area corresponding modern sri_lanka parts northern half eastern province portuguese claimed based conquest time mainland south elephant pass claimed king troops consistently portuguese wife sons married fall portuguese dispatched strong army command portuguese withdrew army occupied portuguese general later attacked reinforcements defeated army seized according portuguese dutch publications battle fought king kingdom portuguese europeans seized king following portuguese defeat dutch islands lands 18th century consequences years starting dutch capture fort rebellions portuguese rule led period portuguese destroyed hindu temple library royal literary output kingdom excessive taxation population decreased people moved india districts south external commerce negatively impacted elephants principal export traded kingdoms india sent lisbon decline trade difficult pay essential imports items ceased imported words principal chronicler portuguese colonial exploits sri_lanka people reduced misery portuguese colonial era
Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom