sentences:  The king had to follow the customs and traditions which were in popular practice at that time, otherwise the people would rebel against him if he did not.Not obeying these would be detrimental to the power of the king, an example being Vikrama Rajasinha, who had to surrender to the British, merely because he ignored the advice of the Buddhist priests and chieftains and did not follow the age old traditions.The kings of Kandy became the rulers of the whole island with Vimaladharmasuriya I.