{"id":150259,"date":"2025-03-07T16:16:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T16:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=150259"},"modified":"2025-03-07T16:17:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T16:17:27","slug":"chinese-fleets-impact-on-sri-lanka-in-the-early-15th-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/chinese-fleets-impact-on-sri-lanka-in-the-early-15th-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Fleet\u2019s Impact on Sri Lanka in the Early 15th Century"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Chinese Fleet\u2019s Impact on Sri Lanka in the Early 15th Century<\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #800000;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2025\/03\/05\/chinese-fleets-impact-on-sri-lanka-in-the-early15th-century\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thuppahis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Charles Schokman\u2019s Discovery of Amazing Facts conveyed in an Email entitled \u201cA Bit of Ceylon History\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Amazing how they sailed with 30,000 sailors on 35 massive ships<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In fact some ships were garden ships supplying food to the sailors!<\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2025\/03\/05\/chinese-fleets-impact-on-sri-lanka-in-the-early15th-century\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Seven Voyages of Zheng He \u2013 World History Encyclopedia<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In 2014, I had read that the Chinese had a map of \u00a0the East and West coasts of both North and South America dated about 80 years earlier than Columbus\u2019s voyage, owned by Zheng He.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2025\/03\/05\/chinese-fleets-impact-on-sri-lanka-in-the-early15th-century\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CHINESE-JUNK-SHIP.webp?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"400\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2025\/03\/05\/chinese-fleets-impact-on-sri-lanka-in-the-early15th-century\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ZHENG-HE.webp?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"400\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I found out about the 7 voyages and the treasure ships. I also learned that the only people that dared to attack the Chinese flotilla<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2025\/03\/05\/chinese-fleets-impact-on-sri-lanka-in-the-early15th-century\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ZHENG-HE-Voyages-MAP.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"400\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">were the Lankans. They refused to engage, but on their return voyage from India they landed in Galle and sent word to the king of Kotte (Alageswara) that they came in peace.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">As they marched towards Kotte (2000 strong) they were attacked by 20,000 Kotte troops (according to the Chinese). They were able to defeat them and captured the king and his family and took them prisoners to China. When they came back in two years, the vacant throne had been fought over by the surrounding kingdoms and there was someone else on the throne.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Alageswara was killed before the next morn but the new king promised to pay a yearly tribute to China. This lasted 50 years.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I found a stele erected by Zheng He in Galle which is now at the Colombo Museum. I also saw its copy in the Galle Maritime Museum. In 2014 there was wing of the museum next to the Dutch church dedicated to Zheng He, one donated by the Chinese.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Though I couldn\u2019t find anyone who had heard about the Chinese incident, I did find a whole Chapter on it in a book called The Maritime History of Ceylon. I also found a book called Alageswara\u2019s wars, about the battles among the petty kings to fill Alageswara\u2019s place.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">This is amazing- Chinese fleet in 1400 to 1450: Kotte King was taken to China<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2025\/03\/05\/chinese-fleets-impact-on-sri-lanka-in-the-early15th-century\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">= https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LkN7D0LWPkk<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/elanka-newsletter-sign-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Click here to receive your free copy of the eLanka Newsletter twice a week delivered directly to your inbox!<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese Fleet\u2019s Impact on Sri Lanka in the Early 15th Century Source:Thuppahis Charles Schokman\u2019s Discovery of Amazing Facts conveyed in an Email entitled \u201cA Bit of Ceylon History\u201d Amazing how they sailed with 30,000 sailors on 35 massive ships In fact some ships were garden ships supplying food to the sailors! 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