The Prince Vijaya Pala Of Ceylon 1634-1654: From The Original Documents At Lisbon

About the Book:-In this little book the author has put together such information, hitherto unpublished, as he was able to collect during a recent visit to Portugal, regarding Vijaya Pala, brother of Raja Sinha, king of Ceylon. A couple of documents from the archives at Lisbon, the translations of which were courteously placed at his disposal by the authorities at the India office, as well as the rare pamphlet dealing with the Prince’s baptism are also included. This is a small book that charts the progress of the Portuguese in the Island of Ceylon. This work consists of 24 documents that were exchanged between Prince Vijayapala, (the brother of Raja Sinha King of Ceylon) and the Portuguese viceroy Don Philipe Mascarenhas, and the King of Portugal – Dom Joao IV. The time period of these document range between 10-10-1634 and 21-12-1651. This book is a reprint of the 1927 edition. About the Author:-Sir Paul Edward Pieris Deraniyagala Samarasinha Sriwardhana, CMG, CCS, Litt.D was a Ceylonese civil servant and historian. He served as Ceylon's Trade Commissioner and a District Judge and held multiple appointments as President of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka. Although his academic and early career was in the legal field, he is best known for being one of the country's foremost experts on the history of European occupation of Sri Lanka.In 1896 he joined the Ceylon Civil Service and served until his retirement in 1935. During this time he had served as District Judge Matara, District Judge Kegalle, District Judge Kandy, District Judge Kalutara, and Trade Commissioner for Ceylon in England. At the time of his retirement he was serving as the Public Trustee. After several judicial appointments he became the Public Trustee of Ceylon and representative of Ceylon in London. As a district judge he presided over a number of prominent cases, including the Gampola Perahera Case as District Judge of Kandy in 1914. The Title 'The Prince Vijaya Pala Of Ceylon 1634-1654: From The Original Documents At Lisbon written/authored/edited by P. E. Pieris', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121239219 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 80 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-