Upatissa (regent)
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King of Upatissa Nuwara
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King of Upatissa Nuwara | |
Reign | 505 BC – 504 BC |
Predecessor | Vijaya |
Successor | Panduvasdeva |
Died | Tambapanni |
Issue | 10 sons and a daughter |
Upatissa was purohita to and a Chief government minister under King Vijaya of Sri Lanka. He built a city Upatissa Nuwara named after himself, which became the second Sinhalese kingdom in Sri Lanka.
He became the King of Upatissa Nuwara for a short period of time after the death of Prince Vijaya until the arrival of the heir to the throne, King Panduvasdeva from India.
See also[]
- List of Sri Lankan monarchs
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Upatissa (regent) Monarchs of Sri Lanka Born: ? ? Died: ? ?
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Preceded by | 505 BC – 504 BC |
Succeeded by Panduvasdeva
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Pre Anuradhapura period House of Vijaya (543–377 BC) |
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Anuradhapura period House of Vijaya (437–237 BC) (215–205 BC) (161–103 BC) (89–66 AD) Chola invaders (237–215 BC) (205–161 BC) The Five Dravidians (103–89 BC) House of Lambakanna I (66–436) The Six Dravidians (436–463) (463–691) (691–1017) |
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Anuradhapura from Rohana |
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Polonnaruwa period (1055–1187), (1197–1200) (1209–1210), (1211–1212) (1187–1197), (1200–1209) Lokissara (1210–1211), Pandyan dynasty (1212–1215) Eastern Ganga dynasty (1215–1236) |
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Transitional period House of Siri Sanga Bo (1220–1505) |
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Kandyan period House of Dinajara (1591–1739) Nayaks of Kandy (1739–1815) |
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Kingdom of Tambapanni (543 BC–437 BC) |
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