Regional1638

Battle of Gannoruwa

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Sri Lanka

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Gannoruwa (1638), part of the Later Portuguese Colonial Wars in Asia. Kingdom of Kandy defeated Portugal, Indian mercenaries, African mercenaries.

Belligerents4

Kingdom of Kandy
Portugal
Indian mercenaries
African mercenaries

Conflict graph

PART OFPortuguese colonial wars in Asia

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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