A life of Vidiya Bandara, the Sinhala commander who served under Bhuvanekabahu VII of Kotte. The book follows his campaigns — against the authority of the Kandyan kingdom, against the Portuguese, and against other hostile incursions — and his efforts on behalf of the Buddhist order, setting the personal story within the political history of the period.
Hemapala Munidasa writes the account as a character narrative rather than a chronicle, with the surrounding historical events brought in as the background against which Vidiya Bandara acted.
This book is written entirely in Sinhala. There is no English text, so readers who do not read Sinhala will not be able to use it. For buyers outside Sri Lanka ordering a Sinhala-language title, that is worth knowing before placing an order.
Published by M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd, a long-established Colombo publishing house issuing books in Sinhala and English. It will suit readers of Sinhala-language historical biography and anyone interested in the Kotte period and the first century of Portuguese involvement on the island.
- Author: Hemapala Munidasa
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552100314
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