Ceylon & Sri Lanka Stamps Banknotes Coins, Kings (1)

Collection of Stamps for Sri Lanka (& Ceylon before 1972). Collectors items related to Kings. The city of Kandy lies at an altitude of 488.6 meters (1629 feet) above sea level in the center of the island and surrounded by the ranges of mountains. It is still very much a focal point of Sri Lankan culture. It was the capitol of last generation of Sri Lanka`s kings until it fell in to the hands of British in 1815. Kandy was originally known as Senkadagala pura after a hermit named Senkada who lived there. Many of Sinhalese people call it.