Statue of Tara
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The Statue of Tara is a gilt-bronze sculpture of Tara that dates from the 7th–8th century AD in Sri Lanka. Some argue it was looted from the last King of Kandy when the British annexed Kandy in the ea
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Kandyan Convention
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In the history of Sri Lanka, the Kandyan Convention was a treaty signed on 2 March 1815 between the British governor of Ceylon, Sir Robert Brownrigg, and the chiefs of the Kandyan Kingdom, British Cey
Statue of Tara
…the eastern coast of Sri Lanka and subsequently acquired by Sir Robert Brownrigg. Kandy came under British rule in March 1815 under the terms of the Kandyan Convention which was organised by Brownrigg. When the British Museum acquired the statue, in the 1830s, they were concerned that the large exposed breasts, narrow…
First (left) and final (right) pages of the convention
Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Brownrigg, Governor of Ceylon
Part of the Kandyan contingent to the convention
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