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The date August 20, 1200 is the earliest known fixed date in Sri Lankan history, which was for the coronation of Sahassa Malla. Another thing to be noted is that several monarchs had usurped the throne of Lanka including Sinhalese monarchs such as Anikanga , Chodaganga , Sri Vallabha of Polonnaruwa and Mahinda VI . [ 26 ]
The Sinhala kingdom ceased to exist by 1815, following the British takeover.While the Sinhala kingdom is claimed to have existed from 543 BCE to 1815 CE, other political entities claimed to have co-existed in Sri Lanka spanning certain partial periods, including the Jaffna kingdom (which existed 1215–1624 CE), [5] Vanni chieftaincies (which existed from the 12th century to 1803 CE) and the ...
The Landing of Vijay as described in the traditional chronicles of the island, the Dipavamsa, Mahavamsa and Culavamsa, and later chronicles, recount the date of the establishment of the first Sinhala Kingdom in 543 BC [note 1] when Prince Vijaya (543–505 BC), an Indian Prince, and 700 of his followers are claimed to have landed on the island ...
Sri Lanka has been ruled by various monarchial lines, at some times with different lines ruling different parts of the modern state, or the entire state.. The Sinhalese monarchy was established in 543 BC with Prince Vijaya founding the Kingdom of Tambapanni and ended with Sri Vickrama Rajasinghe of Kandy in 1815 with the signing of the Kandyan Convention.
Following Kalinga Magha, the Southeast Asian invader Chandrabhanu and leaders of Aryacakravarti dynasty including Kulasekara Cinkaiariyan and Kulotunga Cinkaiariyan ruled the principality of 'Jaffna' which also accounts to the hiatus of 1284-1287 where Parakramabahu III and Buvanekabahu II fought for the throne. 172 147: Vijayabahu III: Dambadeniya
Date Event 1915: 1915 Sinhalese-Muslim riots: 1931: Donoughmore Commission: Established universal franchise in Ceylon, and the State Council of Ceylon was elected. 1948: 4 February: Independence is gained as the Dominion of Ceylon. 1958: 1958 anti-Tamil pogrom: 1971
Vijayasundara Bandara: Karaliyadde Bandara (1551–1581) [N 16]Vimaladharmasuriya I (1590–1604) Kusumasana Devi (1581–1581) [N 17]Mahastenne: Suriya Devi: Senarat
A kind of pearl, kauleya (Sanskrit: कौलेय) was referred in that text and also mentioned it collected from Mayurgrām of Sinhala. Pārsamudra(पारसमुद्र), a gem, was also being collected from Sinhala. [26] Ellalan (205–161 BCE) was a Tamil King who ruled "Pihiti Rata" (Sri Lanka north of the Mahaweli) after killing ...