- The
kingdom of
Sitawaka (Sinhala: සීතාවක, Tamil: சீீீதாவாக்கை இராசதானி) was a
kingdom located in south-central Sri Lanka. It
emerged from the division...
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military exploits against the
Portuguese invaders as it was the
capital of
Sitawaka Kingdom from 1521 to 1593.
Seethawaka was
ruled by King
Mayadunne and later...
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Mayadunne (Sinhala: මායාදුන්නේ) was the
founder and
ruler of
Sitawaka from 1521 to 1581. A
fierce opponent of the Portuguese, he
devoted his life to oust...
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Kotte starting in 1551.
However the main
beneficiary was the
Kingdom of
Sitawaka, was able to
expand between 1521 and 1587 –
through conquest of
other native...
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Rajasinghe I also
known as the lion of
Sitawaka (Sinhala:පළමුවන රාජසිංහ) was a king of
Sitawaka,
known for his
patriotism and
fight against the Portuguese...
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Sitawaka fort (Sinhala: සීතාවක බලකොටුව, romanized:
Sitawaka Balakotuwa; Tamil: சீதவாக்கைக் கோட்டை, romanized: Cītavākkaik Kōṭṭai), was
built by the Sitawaka...
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faced attacks from
rival Sinhalese kingdoms, the
Kingdom of
Sitawaka and
Kingdom of Kandy. Dom João
Dharmapala handed it over to the Portuguese...
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Upatissa Nuwara, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Dambadeniya, Gampola, Kotte,
Sitawaka and Kandy.[citation needed] The
Sinhala kingdom ceased to
exist by 1815...
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Lanka from
Vijayabahu III of
Dambadeniya (1220–1224)
until Rajasinha I of
Sitawaka (1581–1591).
Vijayabahu III of
Dambadeniya routed Kalinga Magha's armies...
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crowned King of
Kotte in 1596. He was
given the
kingdoms of
Kotte and
Sitawaka by King
Vimala Dharma of
Kandy around 1596. John M. Senaveratna, in his...
