The Five Dravidians information

Anuradhapura Kingdom for 14 years from 103 BC to 88 BC. Before the Five Dravidians invaded the island, the Anuradhapura Kingdom was ruled by Valagamba (104–103...

The Six Dravidians were six Tamil rulers apparently from the Pandyan Dynasty who ruled the Anuradhapura Kingdom from 436  to 452 CE. They are said to be...

it is also called Dravidian Hinduism. The Dravidians made great contributions to the development of Hinduism. South India was the birthplace of many...

King Parākramabāhu. The House of Vijaya, The Five Dravidians, House of Lambakanna I, The Six Dravidians, House of Moriya and the House of Lambakanna II...

The Dravidian languages (sometimes called Dravidic) are a family of languages spoken by 250 million people, mainly in southern India, north-east Sri Lanka...

known as the Great Famine (103–89 BCE) was a major famine which occurred in the Anuradhapura Kingdom during the rule of the Five Dravidians, shortly after...

They speak the Dravidian languages, which have a combined total of about 250 million native speakers. Dravidians form the majority of the population of...

Dutthagamani. The country was invaded again in 103 BC by five Dravidian chiefs, who ruled until 89 BC when they were defeated by Valagamba. The House of Vijaya...

these were extensively used from the previous capital of the dry zone of Sri Lanka. Five gates were placed at entrances. The more elaborate western gate is...

Usurpers of the Sri Lankan throne Ellalan The Five Dravidians Kalinga Magha Parakrama Pandya Sena and Guttika The Six Dravidians Indian dynasty of the Kingdom...

The relic of the tooth of Buddha (Pali danta dhātuya) is venerated in Sri Lanka as a sacred cetiya relic of the Buddha, who is the founder of Buddhism...

inside it, with the black signifying their degradation and the red denoting the intention of the movement to uplift Dravidians. Over the years, many disagreements...

is the main town of Polonnaruwa District in North Central Province, Sri Lanka. The modern town of Polonnaruwa is also known as New Town, and the other...

Iyothee Thass in the late 19th century. His efforts brought together the non-Brahmin caste Dravidians with the establishment of the Dravida Mahajana Sabha...

Elara the Pious, and by the honorific epithet Manu Needhi Cholan, was a member of the Tamil Chola dynasty in Southern India, who upon capturing the throne...

The Anuradhapura Maha Viharaya was an important mahavihara or large Buddhist monastery for Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka. King Devanampiya Tissa of...

the nation as well in the establishment of Buddhist culture. The kings of Anuradhapura and the Chola kingdom during the reign over a majority of the country...

Pandara Vanniyan Magadai Mandalam Valvil Ori Sena and Guttika The Five Dravidians The Six Dravidians Valai Vannan (A Nakar king, who was mentioned in Manimekalai)...

notable king of the Anuradhapura Kingdom is Valagamba (103, 89–77 BC), also known as Vatthagamani Abhaya, who was overthrown by five invaders from South...

blessing on the King and the people.[citation needed] For the next five nights, the "Devale Peraheras" take place within the premises of the four Devales...

and give the king a chance to escape, and was captured. The Pathra Dathu (a sacred bowl relic) was also taken to India. The five Dravidians namely Pulahatta...

and the largest of its five major viharas. Surrounding the humped dagaba, Abhayagiri Vihara was a seat of the Northern Monastery or Uttara Vihara. The 1st...

(250-210 BC). Later, the same king planted one of the first eight shoots of the Sri Maha Bodhi, on the same place where he kept the original tree before...

Bengal famine Droughts and famines in Russia and the Soviet Union Famine in India Famines in the Czech lands Famines in Ethiopia Great Bengal famine...

Devānāmpiya Tissa in the Mahāmeghavana in Anuradhapura. It seems that "the Buddha, on his death bed, had resolved five things, one being that the branch which...