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    instead of Indic text. The Kingdom of Polonnaruwa (Sinhala: පොළොන්නරුව රාජධානිය, romanized: Polonnaruwa Rājādhaniya) was the Sinhalese kingdom that expanded...
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    part of Polonnaruwa remains as the royal ancient city of the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa. The second oldest of all Sri Lanka's kingdoms, Polonnaruwa was first...
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    located. These are in chronological order: the kingdoms of Tambapanni, Upatissa Nuwara, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Dambadeniya, Gampola, Kotte, Sitawaka and...
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    moved to Polonnaruwa, to the end of the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa in 1232. The Kingdom of Polonnaruwa was the second major Sinhalese kingdom of Sri Lanka...
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    The Polonnaruwa Vatadage is an ancient structure dating back to the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa of Sri Lanka. It is believed to have been built during the...
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    relationships with the Pandyan Kingdom. He succeeded and housed the tooth relic in the temple of the Tooth in Polonnaruwa. King died after reigning five...
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    years. Polonnaruwa was renamed “Vijayarajapura” and chosen as the capital, making Vijayabahu the first Sinhala king of the Polonnaruwa kingdom. The coronation...
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    centre of the kingdom was located. These are, in chronological order: the kingdoms of Tambapanni, Upatissa Nuwara, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Dambadeniya...
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    Gal Vihara (category Kingdom of Polonnaruwa)
    temple of the Buddha situated in the ancient city Polonnaruwa, the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Polonnaruwa, now present-day Polonnaruwa, in North...
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    Pandyan III, sided with the Polonnaruwa forces led by General Lankapura Dandanatha. The Polonnaruwa Army invaded the Pandyan kingdom and, Kulasekhara Pandyan...
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    The Transitional period of Sri Lanka spans from the end of the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa, in 1232, to the start of the Kandyan period in 1597. The period...
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    Maya Rata (category Former monarchies of South Asia)
    formation of the second kingdom of Polonnaruwa by Parakramabahu I. History of Sri Lanka List of Maya Rata monarchs List of monarchs of Sri Lanka De Silva,...
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    Parakramabahu the Great, was the king of Polonnaruwa from 1153 to 1186. He oversaw the expansion and beautification of his capital,: 7  constructed extensive...
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    foreigner from the Pandyan Dynasty who was ruling the kingdom of Polonnaruwa at the time with the help of his soldiers and mercenaries from the Kalinga, modern...
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    the sky. During the Kandyan kingdom, the sculpture art was considered less impressive than the Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa periods. This is especially...
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    Vanni chieftaincies (category Jaffna kingdom)
    emergence of these chieftaincies was a direct result of the breakdown of central authority and the collapse of the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa in the 13th...
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  • Mahākassapa (12th century) (category People of the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa)
    12th-century Sri Lankan forest monk and an abbot of Dimbulagala Raja Maha Vihara, a forest monastery outside of Polonnaruwa. Mahākassapa who was well versed in Vinaya...
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  • SLNS Parakramabahu (P625) (category Type 053H3 frigates of the Sri Lanka Navy)
    Parakramabahu I, the warrior king of the medieval Sri Lankan Kingdom of Polonnaruwa. Gifted by the People's Liberation Army Navy, she was commissioned in...
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    The Kingdom of Kotte (Sinhala: කෝට්ටේ රාජධානිය, romanized: Kottay Rajadhaniya, Tamil: கோட்டை அரசு), named after its capital, Kotte, was a Sinhalese kingdom...
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  • Thumbnail for Polonnaruwa–Pagan War
    Polonnaruwa–Pagan War were a series of successful military expeditions led-by Sinhalese king Parakramabahu the Great against the Bagon Kingdom between...
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  • Sāriputta (12th century) (category People of the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa)
    likely present at the council himself. He was later abbot of the Jetavana Vihara of Polonnaruwa. He wrote at least five sub-commentaries (ṭīkā) on Buddhaghosa's...
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    Kingdom of Kandy Kingdom of Kotte Kingdom of Polonnaruwa Kingdom of Sitawaka United Suvadive Republic Western Asia Kingdom of Ormus Mediterranean Sea Archaic...
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    unhappy with the change of hands, carried off King Vijayabahu VI to China in 1411 AD. The next kingdom was the Kotte kingdom. A separate city was built...
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    SLNS Vijayabahu (P627) (category Ships of the United States Coast Guard)
    of the Sri Lanka Navy. The ship is named after King Vijayabahu I, the warrior king of the medieval Sri Lanka who founded the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa....
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  • Polonnaruwa Vikramabahu I of Polonnaruwa, king of Polonnaruwa Vikramabahu II of Polonnaruwa, king of Polonnaruwa Kingdom of Polonnaruwa Polonnaruwa agreement...
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    result in that the capital of Anuradhapura was destroyed by the Cholas. Polonnaruwa, a military outpost of the Sinhalese kingdom, was renamed Jananathamangalam...
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    kingdom of Sitawaka (Sinhala: සීතාවක, Tamil: சீீீதாவாக்கை இராசதானி) was a kingdom located in south-central Sri Lanka. It emerged from the division of...
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  • Thumbnail for Temple of the Tooth
    during the times of the Anuradhapura Kingdom, Kingdom of Polonnaruwa, and Kingdom of Dambadeniya. During the era of the Kingdom of Gampola, the relic...
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  • Thumbnail for Kingdom of Tambapanni
    The Kingdom of Tambapaṇṇī (Sinhala: තම්බපණ්ණිය රාජධානිය, romanized: Tambapaṇṇī Rājadhāniya) was the first Sinhalese kingdom in Sri Lanka. Its administrative...
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    right. Lilavati rose to prominence as the wife of Parakramabahu I, king of the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa. Being of royal descent herself, she then ruled as sole...
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