These kingdoms were governed by Yuvarajas (Viceroys) to whome
Mahaweli and extending up to Kalu ganga, while Maya rata extended from the Kalu Mahaweli Ganga and Daduru Oya, Rohana or Ruhuna being south of the Three provinces, viz., Phiti rata or Raja rata, north of the King Panduwas Dev (Pandukabhaya, 4 century BCE) had divided the country into Parlance, the English were brought in by the Kandyans to establish "human Himself is presented as a cruel `Malabar Ruler' in the treaty. Tamil' (andara demala, Telegu) was a language of Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe's court,Īnd as many as 1/3 of the Adigars (Chiefs) signed in Andra-Tamil. Of the Kandyian kingdom use the name Sinhalé therein. The 1815 treaty between the English and the `Adigars' The name "Sinhalé" was used when Kandasamy was crowned Of 1681 uses the name Ceylon and Conde Uda to refer to the kingdom The Frenchman Sier Sanson's 1652 map uses 'Ceylan'. Zeilon, and Ceylon are adapted from "Serendib".
Subsequent names, e.g., 'Ceilao', "Ceilan", `Ceylam', Ceylan', Arab traders (circa 7th century) used the name The Romans used names like Salendiv (Cerendiv) closely related to the `Taprobane' isīelieved to be derived from `Tambapanni', a name allegedly given to the island byįounder-Prince, Vijaya, because of the golden brown sands of the coast near The name Salaka was also used in Greek, at the time. The 1st-2nd century CE the country was known to the West as Taprobane. Ptolemy's map used the name Taprobane, establishing that in
The name Taprobana is attributed to Megasthenes in the 4thĬentury BCE. The early Pali writings of Sri Lanka also mention similar names for kingdoms located in the Kalin(g)kam, vaṅkam, kaṅ- kam, makatam, kaṭāram, kavuṭam, koklam, tamilakam Kutakam, konkanam, kanna-tam, kollam, telin(g)kam, "cinkalam" from "Tamlaak(h)am", viz., cimkaḷam, This is further clarified by noting thatĮighteen countries are mentioned in early Tamil literature, clearly distinguishing Similarly, the name Lanka → Ilankai was adapted during the Cankam period into Sinhala Prakrit itself became known as "Elu", or "Hela-basa" හෙලබස. Was adopted in to Prakrit with the addition of a leading vowel which could be "a, e, (h)e, or i". The name Lanka, used in the Epic chronicles, Sri Lanka was called Lanka, ලංකා Tambapanni, Sinhalé etc., in ancient times.