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KANDY , a See also:town near the centre of See also:Ceylon, 75 M. from See also:Colombo by See also:rail, formerly the See also:capital of a See also:kingdom of the same name,
situated' towards the See also:heart of the See also:island, 1718 ft. above the See also:sea. It lies See also:round the margin of an artificial See also:lake constructed by the last See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of Kandy in 18o6, and is beautifully surrounded by hills. The most striking See also:objects are the temples (of which twelve are Buddhist and four See also:Brahman), the tombs of the Kandian See also:kings, and the various buildings of the royal See also:residence, partly allowed to fall into disrepair, partly utilized by the See also:government. Of the temples the Dalada Malagawa is worthy of particular mention; it claims, as the name indicates, to be in See also:possession of a See also:Buddha tooth.
Kandy was occupied by the Portuguese in the 16th See also:century and by the Dutch in 1763; but in both instances the native kings succeeded in shaking off the See also:foreign yoke. The See also:British got possession of the See also:place in 1803, but the See also:garrison afterwards capitulated and were massacred, and it was not till 1814–15 that the king was defeated and dethroned. The British authority was formally established by the See also:convention of See also:March 2, 1815. In 1848, owing to an See also:attempt at See also:rebellion, the town was for a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time under See also:martial See also:law. It has been greatly improved of See also:recent years. See also:Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:- GREGORY
- GREGORY (Gregorius)
- GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
- GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
- GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
- GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
- GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
- GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
- GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)
Gregory when See also:governor did much to restore the See also:ancient Kandy decorations, while the See also:Victoria See also:Jubilee See also:Commemoration See also:Building, including " See also:Ferguson Memorial See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall," and two See also:fine hotels, add to the improvements. The Royal Botanic Gardens are situated at Peradeniya, 3 M. distant. Kandy is a uniquely beautiful, highland, tropical town, full of interesting See also:historical and Buddhistic associations. A See also:water See also:supply and electric See also:lighting have been introduced. See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:missions are active in the See also:work of See also:education, for which a large See also:block of buildings has been erected. See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church of See also:England, Wesleyan and Baptist missions are also at work. The See also:population of the town in 1900 was 26,386; of the See also:district, 377,591. See also:Average See also:annual rainfall, 812 in.; average temperature, 75.3. There is a See also:branch railway from Kandy, See also:north to Matale, 17 M.
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