The Sinhala army was chased as far as Sitawaka. In 1562, King Mayadunne and Ekanayake gathered a huge army, consisting of elephants. They came to besiege Colombo and Kotte simultaneously. They were ...

Some hated the idea of promoting Manamperuma to this high position. The most opposed were the commanders, Panikki and Kuruppu. They took the army and went to Kotte. As there arose unrest in the ...