Maya Rata
The Maya Rata (Principality of), also known as the Kingdom of Dakkinadesa, was a principality or an administrative region of the Sinhalese kingdom. It was located in the Southwestern part of Sri Lanka, bordered the Deduru Oya. Its last capital was Parakramapura. The principality was disbanded following the formation of the second kingdom of Polonnaruwa by Parakramabahu I.[1][2]
A ruins of a Bodhighara (an enclosure constructed around bo-trees) at Kingdom of Dakkinadesa archaeological site
The so-called Chakrawalaya, foundations of a circular building or tower, and the subject of numerous stories
The ruins of the palace (12th century)
Ruins of Buddhist Panchayathana
Principality of Maya Rata | |||||||||||
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| Capital | Panduwasnuwara (504 BC–12 century) Kelaniya (3rd century BC) | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Sinhala | ||||||||||
| Religion | Buddhism | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
• 504 BC-474 BC | Panduwas Deva | ||||||||||
• 1187–1196 | Parakramabahu of Dakkhinadesa | ||||||||||
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• Established | 504 BC | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1153 | ||||||||||
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See also
- History of Sri Lanka
- List of Maya Rata monarchs
- List of monarchs of Sri Lanka
References
- De Silva, W.A (1927). SINHALESE VITTIPOT. Sri Lanka: Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka.
- Merlin, Peris (2005). KELANIYA (PDF). Sri Lanka: University of Peradeniya.
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