Delegation of the VOC in Audience with the King of Kandy, Sri Rajadi Raja Sinha, Jan Brandes, 1785 - 1786

Delegation of the VOC in Audience with the King of Kandy, Sri Rajadi Raja Sinha, Jan Brandes, 1785 - 1786

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Every year, the VOC governor had to formally seek permission from the king of Kandy for the cinnamon harvest. This request was made during an official visit to the king in his palace. It was the same palace the Dutch had plundered twenty years earlier.