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    The Principality of Ruhuna, also referred to as the Kingdom of Ruhuna, is a region of present-day Southern and Eastern Sri Lanka. It was the center of a...
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  • invaders of the country, ruling from the southern principality of Ruhuna from 1029 to 1041. He spent a number of years building up his forces to drive out the...
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    place in 1072 or 1073, eighteen years after being crowned as Vijayabahu in Ruhuna, and after a military campaign that lasted seventeen years. Polonnaruwa...
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  • Weligama and Imaduwa. Historically, Ahangama is situated within the Principality of Ruhuna. Ahangama was significantly affected by the tsunami caused by the...
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    the premises moved to Malaya country and the Principality of Ruhuna, this was followed by the pillaging of Mahavihara by Sanghamitra and minister Sona...
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    on cities of the Srivijaya Empire on the island of Sumatra, and their repeated embassies to China. The Chola fleet represented the peak of ancient Indian...
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    Mahanaga, Prince of Ruhuna was the founder of the Principality of Ruhuna. Emperor Ashoka took a keen interest in the propagation of Buddhism across the...
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    is a local ruler of the Principality of Ruhuna. The Kiri Vehera Stupa is mentioned in this inscription by the name Mangalamahaseya of the Kajaragama raji...
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    rule of the Anuradhapura Kingdom. Other rulers could not maintain their rule over the whole island, and independent regions often existed in Ruhuna and...
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    Maya Rata (category Former monarchies of South Asia)
    The Maya Rata (Principality of), also known as the Kingdom of Dakkinadesa, was a principality or an administrative region of the Sinhalese kingdom. It...
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  • last days as a refugee in the Principality of Ruhuna after the domain was invaded. List of Sri Lankan monarchs History of Sri Lanka Guṇavardhana, Raṇavīra;...
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  • Dakkhinadesa principality, while Kitti Sri Megha became king of Dolosdahasrata, which consisted of parts of the southern principality of Ruhuna west of the Walawe...
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  • Uropeltis ruhunae (category Reptiles of Sri Lanka)
    the ancient Sri Lankan Principality of Ruhuna. Bamaradeniya, Channa N.B. (2006). The Fauna of Sri Lanka: Status of Taxonomy, Research and Conservation....
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  • the Cūḷavaṃsa (Chapter lvii, 54) in the context of the Ruhuna (see: Principality of Ruhuna campaigns of Vijayabahu I, 11th century CE).[citation needed]...
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    medieval king of Sri Lanka. Born to a royal bloodline, Vijayabahu grew up under Chola occupation. He assumed rulership of the Ruhuna principality in the southern...
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  • This is the List of Sri Lankan monarchs by reign, sorted chronologically and by length of reign. "Mahavamsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka (covering...
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  • 1157 Ruhuna Rebellion, also known as the Rebellion of Queen Sugala, was a revolt led-by Queen Sugala of Ruhuna against the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa ruled...
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    Megha, who was joint king of Ruhuna, ascended the throne of Dakkhinadesa, while Sri Vallabha was declared sole king of Ruhuna. Parākramabāhu, his mother...
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  • Sinhalese leaders abandoned Rajarata and fled to the Ruhuna principality in the south of the country. Ruhuna was used as the base for resistance against the...
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  • This is a list of all present sovereign states in Asia and their predecessors. The boundaries of Asia are culturally determined, as there is no clear...
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    language of the Culavamsa as well. The traditional divisions of Sri Lanka, into Rajarata, Dhakkinadesa, and Ruhuna, first undergo a change of names (Rajarata...
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  • Kalinga Magha (category Kings of Jaffna)
    a large army of 24,000 Kerala and Tamil soldiers. He camped his soldiers in Karainagar and Vallipuram and brought the Jaffna principality under his control...
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  • List of states during Late Antiquity List of states during the Middle Ages List of former sovereign states List of states in the 6th century BC List of states...
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    Archives Law (No. 48 of 1973)". Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts. 30 April 2005. Retrieved 25 October 2016. "Legal deposit". University of Ruhuna. 30 April 2005...
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    first time. Before this, it had several principalities independent of the Anuradhapura Kingdom. The king of Anuradhapura was seen as the supreme ruler...
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    that the island was divided into several regional principalities and chieftaincies until the first war of unification fought by King Dutugamunu. These early...
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  • This is a timeline of Sri Lankan history, comprising important & territorial changes and political & economic events in Sri Lanka and its predecessor states...
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    Government of Sri Lanka Head of state: President of Sri Lanka, Head of government: Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Cabinet of Sri Lanka Parliament of Sri Lanka...
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  • list of political entities in the 4th century (301–400) AD. List of Bronze Age states List of Iron Age states List of Classical Age states List of states...
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  • after the death of his father. Soon after he became the king in Ruhuna, Dutthagamani launched a campaign against Elara with the intention of "restoring and...
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