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...

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...

Rajarata to Parakramabahu of Dakkhinadesa. Manabharana was also defeated. Following the end of the Kalinga-Arya conflict, Parakramabahu I, unified the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

captured and executed by the invading army of Parakramabahu I. Following its annexing by Parakramabahu, the rebellions that arose were suppressed. According...

Parakrama Pandyan II, also Pandu Parakramabahu of Polonnaruwa or Parakrama Pandu, was a Pandyan king who invaded the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa in the thirteenth...

1131 until 1153, following his father Vikramabahu I. He was defeated and succeeded by Parakramabahu I. Mahavamsa List of monarchs of Sri Lanka History...

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...

of names, Vijayabahu I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII. The same is true for Aggabodhi, Bhuvanaikabahu, Kassapa, Mahinda, Parakramabahu and others. This list...

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...

extant tank, Basawakkulama wewa. Long after King Pandukabhaya, King Parākramabāhu I had many tanks built, with one large tank called Parakrama samudraya...

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...

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...

completely self-sufficient during King Parakramabahu's reign. With the exception of his immediate successor, Nissankamalla I, the other monarchs of Polonnaruwa...

son, Manabharana, married Ratnavali. Their son was Parākramabāhu I (1153–1186) Grandson of Vijayabahu I, Prince of Sinhalese-Pandyan-Kalinga descent, son...

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...

Kulasekhara Pandya). The neighbouring kingdoms of Sri Lanka, under Parakramabahu I, Venadu Chera/Kerala, under the Kulasekharas, and the Cholas, under...

renovated during the reign of Parakramabahu I (1153–1187), who invaded South India, capturing few parts of Pandya Nadu. Parakramabahu used the captured Tamils...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

the temple premises, it contains an edict issued by the Sinhala King Parakramabahu I (1153–1186 A.D) addressed to his local Tamil officials in Jaffna, advising...

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...