About Ceylon History.
The story of ancient Ceylon has its inaugurations in the culture of rocky, the rocky Age. And ageless, everlasting period, the rocky Age I...Read More
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Showing posts with label About Ceylon History. Show all posts
Sri Lanka - Pre Historic Times
Sri Lanka has a recorded history since 543 B.C. Although records are not found of civilizations before 543 B.C., historical facts reveal th...Read More
Thammanna Kingdom 543 BC - 505 BC
Prince Vijaya is a son of King Vijeyabahu, who was a provincial King in ancient India. The Prince was expelled from the Kingdom along with ...Read More
Yaksha and Naga Times
According to the mahavansa, yakkhas confined to the center of the Island and Naga dominated the northern and western parts in sixth century...Read More
Upathissa Grama - 526 BC - 504 BC
King Upatissa was the prime minister of the King Vijaya. The King Vijaya did not have any heir for the throne and sent for his younger Brot...Read More
Panduwas Nuwara - 504 BC - 474 BC
King Paduwas Dev ruled the country for 30 years, keeping the Upatissa Grama as the Capital. He was married to an Indian princess who was ...Read More
Anuradhapura Era 437 BC - 1017 AD
Anuradhapura is an ancient city, located at a distance of 206 km from Colombo. The city is in northern Sri Lanka and is the capital of Nor...Read More
Polonnaruwa Era 1017-1215
Polonnaruwa Era existed between AC 1065- 1120. The governing period of this time was about 186 years and 19 rulers had sat on the throne ...Read More
Dambadeniya Era 1215 - 1272
The Sinhala king Vijayabahu III (1232-1236), who had attained the sovereignty well on in life, made his capital at Dambadeniya in Kuruneg...Read More
Yapahuwa Era 1272 - 1300
Yapahuwa was considered as strategically important point since the Polonnaruwa era. Prince Buwanekabahu, the son of great Parakramabahu w...Read More
Gampola Era 1341 - 1415
Gampola was made as the capital city of the Island by the King Buwanekabahu the fourth, who ruled for 4 years in mid fourteenth century. Th...Read More
Kurunagala Era 1293 - 1341
Kurunagala was a royal capital starting from Buvenekabhahu II (1293-1302). This was about half of century which is now clarified by ruins. ...Read More
Kotte Era 1415 - 1514
Sri Lanka remained in a instable situation during the 14th & the 15th centauries. King Parakramabahu vi (1415-1467), the last Sinhalese...Read More
Kandyan Era 1514 - 1815
After the death of King Parakramabahu the vi, Kandyans asserted their independence from Kotte.Portuguese arrived in the early 16th centau...Read More
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