Panduwasnuwara (504 BC–12 century) Kelaniya (3rd century BC)
Common languages
Sinhala
Religion
Buddhism
Government
Monarchy
• 504 BC-474 BC
Panduwas Deva
• 1187–1196
Parakramabahu of Dakkhinadesa
History
• Established
504 BC
• Disestablished
1153
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara
Anuradhapura Kingdom
1153: Kingdom of Polonnaruwa
The Maya Rata (Principality of), also known as the Kingdom of Dakkinadesa, was a principality or an administrative region of the Sinhalese kingdom. It was located in the Southwestern part of Sri Lanka, bordered the Deduru Oya. Its last capital was Parakramapura. The principality was disbanded following the formation of the second kingdom of Polonnaruwa by Parakramabahu I.[1][2]
A ruins of a Bodhighara (an enclosure constructed around bo-trees) at Kingdom of Dakkinadesa archaeological siteThe so-called Chakrawalaya, foundations of a circular building or tower, and the subject of numerous storiesThe ruins of the palace (12th century)Ruins of Buddhist Panchayathana
^De Silva, W.A (1927). SINHALESE VITTIPOT. Sri Lanka: Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka.
^Merlin, Peris (2005). KELANIYA(PDF). Sri Lanka: University of Peradeniya.
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