DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2018.v06i08.002

Pages: 1497-1500

To be secured and fight against foreign invasions, Ceylonese built forts. The selection of battlefields and the building of forts on the battlefields were, time to time affected by the nature of the enemy and the geological expansion of the enemy. From history, Ceylonese inherited a unique method in building forts for their battle purposes. It is revealed that the Ceylonese used these forts to prevent attacks from the enemy, to secure themselves from the enemy and to organise invasions against the enemy. This paper, based on the historical methodology discusses how Ceylonese used forts and gravets against foreign invaders during ancient kingdoms of Ceylon.