 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mushanyi wekutanga anozivikanwa weSri Lanka kubva kuChina aive Faxian, muBuddha wechiPilgrim wezana ramakore rechishanu kubva kuShanxi uyo akafamba nemugungwa kubva kumba kwake kuburikidza neNepal yanhasi neIndia asati auya kuAbhayagiri Dagaba, kwaakagara kubva muna 410 kusvika 414. Munguva youmambo hwaMing muumambo hwaMambo Yongle, Admiral Zheng Hes Treasure voyages akashanyira Sri Lanka uye akarwa muhondo yeMingKotte. Apo Ceylon yakanga iri pasi pehutongi hweDutch muzana ramakore rechi 17 nerechi 18, zviremera zveDutch East India Company muBatavia yava kunzi Jakarta, Indonesia dzimwe nguva zvaiendesa vagari vechiChinese vasina basa kana kuti vasiri pamutemo kuCeylon pamwe chete nemamwe makoloni echiDutch, akadai seCape of Good Hope neBanda Islands, kuitira kuti vape vanhu uye kudzora kukura kwevanhu vokune dzimwe nyika muBatavia. Muna July 1740, urongwa hwakagadzirirwa kuti maChina aibva kuBatavia aendeswe kuCeylon kuti anoshanda pakukohwa sinamoni. Runyerekupe rwakapararira rwokuti vakadzingwa vacho havana kuendeswa kuCeylon zvachose asi panzvimbo pezvo vakakandirwa mugungwa nokukurumidza pavakanga vasisaoneki pamhenderekedzo yegungwa yeJava, zvichikonzera nyonganyonga munzanga yeChinese. Kurwisana kwakavapo pakati pevaChina nevaDutch pakupedzisira kwakatungamirira kukuparadza kwaBatavia muna 1740. 