Yakadadoli

Yakadadoli were aristocratic

royal court, and in a few cases captured kingdoms by deposing less scandalous and more legitimate heirs to the throne.^{[citation needed}

]

The daughter of the Bintenne

Kirti Sri Rajasinghe overlooked this illegitimate son, and selected his brother, a Náyakkar prince, as the heir to the throne. The Yakadadoli however was again selected as a mistress of Kirti Sri Rajasinghe's successor Rajádhi Rajasinghe

(A. D. 1782 - 1798).

As part of customary law, if someone sought refuge in the house of a Yakadadoli they could not be arrested.[3]

References

^ Fernando, A. Denis N. (1986). "ANCIENT MAPS OF SRI LANKA—as a Primary Source of Information for the Study of HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND POLITICAL BOUNDARIES". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Sri Lanka Branch. 31: 82–114.
^ Vimaladharma, Kapila Pathirana (2000). "FAMILY GENEALOGIES IN THE STUDY OF PRE-COLONIAL KANDYAN SOCIETY AND POLITY". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka. 45: 93–128.
^ Vimaladharma, Kapila Pathirana (2002). "Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka - Google Books". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka. 45–46.

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[1] Fernando, A. Denis N. (1986). "ANCIENT MAPS OF SRI LANKA—as a Primary Source of Information for the Study of HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND POLITICAL BOUNDARIES". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Sri Lanka Branch. 31: 82–114.

[2] Vimaladharma, Kapila Pathirana (2000). "FAMILY GENEALOGIES IN THE STUDY OF PRE-COLONIAL KANDYAN SOCIETY AND POLITY". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka. 45: 93–128.

[RASSL-3] Vimaladharma, Kapila Pathirana (2002). "Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka - Google Books". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka. 45–46.