Alagakkonara (Sinhala: අලගක්කෝනාර, lit. 'Alagakkōnāra', Tamil: அழகக்கோன், lit. 'Aḻakakkōṉ, 'beautiful king' in Tamil'), also known as Alakeshwara, were...
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in the 13th century, a local chieftain, Nissanka Alagakkonara, built a Kotte, or fortress. Alagakkonara is mentioned by Ibn Batuta as ruling in Kurunegala...
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was constructed by king Vikramabahu III. Meanwhile, a general called "Alagakkonara" became more powerful than the king as they helped to defeat "Araya Chakravarthi"...
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Tamil 𑀓𑁅𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁃 kōṭṭai.The word Kotte was introduced by Nissankamalla Alagakkonara, who was the founder of the fortress. They were believed to be from the...
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who ruled from 1397 to 1411. He was the last prominent member of the Alagakkonara family. His father was a minister of the local king Vikramabahu III of...
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north. The Arya Chakaravarthi expansion into the south was halted by Alagakkonara, a man descended from a family of merchants from Kanchipuram in Tamil...
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ruler Bhuvanaikabahu VI of Kotte (aka Chempaha Perumal) Kadava dynasty Alagakkonara Sambuvaraya Akkarayan Pandara Vanniyan Magadai Mandalam Valvil Ori Sena...
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Monarchy Monarchs House of Siri Sanga Bo Capital city Rājākariya Society Alagakkonara Caste system Karava Salagama Durava Irrigation network Culture Guththila...
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separate city was built in Kotte during this time by a noble known as Alagakkonara. The longest sleeping Buddha statue in South Asia is located in the Saliyalapura...
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had been in wars against each other. In these wars, Alakeshvara of the Alagakkonara family gained prestige due to his military successes. He had the de facto...
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Aryacakaravarthi expansion into the south of the island was halted by Alagakkonara, who belonged to a feudal family from Kanchipuram that migrated to Sri...
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Monarchy Monarchs House of Siri Sanga Bo Capital city Rājākariya Society Alagakkonara Caste system Karava Salagama Durava Irrigation network Culture Guththila...
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Monarchy Monarchs House of Siri Sanga Bo Capital city Rājākariya Society Alagakkonara Caste system Karava Salagama Durava Irrigation network Culture Guththila...
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the guardian deities of Sri Lanka. Within the same century Nissanka Alagakkonara erected four shrines for the guardian deities when he was constructing...
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Monarchy Monarchs House of Siri Sanga Bo Capital city Rājākariya Society Alagakkonara Caste system Karava Salagama Durava Irrigation network Culture Guththila...
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Monarchy Monarchs House of Siri Sanga Bo Capital city Rājākariya Society Alagakkonara Caste system Karava Salagama Durava Irrigation network Culture Guththila...
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Monarchy Monarchs House of Siri Sanga Bo Capital city Rājākariya Society Alagakkonara Caste system Karava Salagama Durava Irrigation network Culture Guththila...
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Monarchy Monarchs House of Siri Sanga Bo Capital city Rājākariya Society Alagakkonara Caste system Karava Salagama Durava Irrigation network Culture Guththila...
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close to each other and assumed to be the palace ruins of King Nissanka Alagakkonara (Alakeshwara), who was a minister of King Vikramabahu III of Gampola...
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Gampola from Odisha. They came with the Tamil Nadu Madurai - Kanchipuram Alagakkonara Family - අලගක්කෝනාර පවුල to fight the Vijayanagara Empire and Jaffna...
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