Parākramabāhu I (Sinhala: මහා පරාක්රමබාහු, c. 1123–1186), or Parakramabahu the Great, was the king of Polonnaruwa from 1153 to 1186. He oversaw the expansion...
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Statue of Parakramabahu I, located near the Pothgul Vehera in Polonnaruwa is a stone sculpture dating back to the Polonnaruwa period of ancient Sri Lanka...
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Kingdom of Polonnaruwa (section Parakramabahu)
Rajarata to Parakramabahu of Dakkhinadesa. Manabharana was also defeated. Following the end of the Kalinga-Arya conflict, Parakramabahu I, unified the...
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Parakrama I to appeal to the Sinhalese King Parakramabahu I for assistance. But before Parakramabahu I's army could reach Madurai, Parakrama I had been...
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Province, Sri Lanka. It was fashioned in the 12th century by King Parakramabahu I. The central feature of the temple is four rock relief statues of the...
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of the Sri Lanka Navy. The ship is the second ship named after King Parakramabahu I, the warrior king of the medieval Sri Lankan Kingdom of Polonnaruwa...
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Kithsirimevan completed the construction of the stupa, and it was renovated by Parakramabahu I of Polonnaruwa. A part of a belt tied by the Buddha is believed to...
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captured and executed by the invading army of Parakramabahu I. Following its annexing by Parakramabahu, the rebellions that arose were suppressed. According...
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Parakrama Pandyan II, also Pandu Parakramabahu of Polonnaruwa or Parakrama Pandu, was a Pandyan king who invaded the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa in the thirteenth...
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sovereign in her own right. Lilavati rose to prominence as the wife of Parakramabahu I, king of the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa. Being of royal descent herself...
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1131 until 1153, following his father Vikramabahu I. He was defeated and succeeded by Parakramabahu I. Mahavamsa List of monarchs of Sri Lanka History...
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of names, Vijayabahu I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII. The same is true for Aggabodhi, Bhuvanaikabahu, Kassapa, Mahinda, Parakramabahu and others. This list...
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extant tank, Basawakkulama wewa. Long after King Pandukabhaya, King Parākramabāhu I had many tanks built, with one large tank called Parakrama samudraya...
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king Vijayabahu I) who married a Pandyan prince and the Kalinga branch, descended from Vijayabahu I. After the death of Parakramabahu I, who belonged to...
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disbanded following the formation of the second kingdom of Polonnaruwa by Parakramabahu I. History of Sri Lanka List of Maya Rata monarchs List of monarchs of...
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since King Parakramabahu I reigned over large parts of the Sri Lanka. She was the mother of King Manabharana. Her son was defeated by Parakramabahu in a battle...
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completely self-sufficient during King Parakramabahu's reign. With the exception of his immediate successor, Nissankamalla I, the other monarchs of Polonnaruwa...
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son, Manabharana, married Ratnavali. Their son was Parākramabāhu I (1153–1186) Grandson of Vijayabahu I, Prince of Sinhalese-Pandyan-Kalinga descent, son...
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331-341 Pathmanathan, S. (1974). The Munnesvaram Tamil Inscription of Parākramabāhu VI. p. 54-69 Pathmanathan, S. (1978). The Kingdom of Jaffna. p. 272-275...
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son-in-law or nephew of Parākramabāhu I. Nissanka Malla came to Sri Lanka under the invitation of Vijayabâhu II, who succeeded Parākramabāhu the Great, and was...
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Pandya dynasty (section Maravarman Sundara I)
Kulasekhara Pandya). The neighbouring kingdoms of Sri Lanka, under Parakramabahu I, Venadu Chera/Kerala, under the Kulasekharas, and the Cholas, under...
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renovated during the reign of Parakramabahu I (1153–1187), who invaded South India, capturing few parts of Pandya Nadu. Parakramabahu used the captured Tamils...
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of the Tooth. The next influential figure in Sinhala Buddhism was Parākramabāhu I (1153–1186) who unified the island and set out to reform the Sri Lankan...
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The reign of Parākramabāhu I (1153–1186) saw an extensive reform of the Sri Lankan sangha after years of warfare on the island. Parākramabāhu created a single...
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sections were added and the reservoir expanded during the reign of King Parâkramabâhu I. This wewa (reservoir) was built under the quote "do not let even a...
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SLNS Parakramabahu (P351) was a Type 037 corvette class submarine chaser of the Sri Lanka Navy. The ship was named after King Parakramabahu I with warrior...
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that way. Whatever Dhamma and Vinaya I have pointed out and formulated for you, that will be your Teacher when I am gone. — Mahāparinibbāna Sutta, (DN...
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Polonnaruwa, in what is now Sri Lanka. He was the nephew of his predecessor, Parakramabahu I. Mahavamsa List of monarchs of Sri Lanka History of Sri Lanka Kings...
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The Word of the Buddha, ed & tr Nyanatiloka, 1935 Early Buddhist Poetry, ed I. B. Horner, Ananda Semage, Colombo, 1963 The Book of Protection, tr Piyadassi...
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Parakkamabāhu I (1153–1186 CE), and completely abolished the Abhayagiri and Jetavana traditions. The Culavamsa narrates that (ch 78:1–27) king Parakramabahu I purified...
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