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I was trying to collect all the Sri Lankan rulers from the inception to one article but was failed as its quite a long list. However, in a three part collection, this one (Part 3, the final) shows from the 142nd ruler to the last kingdom of Sri Lanka of course Sri Wickrema Rajasinghe.
Hmmm, I`m sorry it still is not complete. Let me try to squeeze it in here. 183. MAYADUNNE OF SITAVAKA 1551-1581 AD ? Brother of Bhuvaneka Bahu VII, son of Vijaya Bahu VII ? He ruled at Sitavaka ? a fierce opponent of the Portuguese. KANDY ? MAHANUWARA KINGDOMS 184. VIKRAMA BAHU 1469-1511 AD ? Senasammata ? He ruled in Kandy, having broken away from Kotte in 1474. During this period, there were two other Kingdoms in Lanka, the Kingdom of the South West Wet Zone and the Kingdom of Jaffna in the North 185. VIJAYAVIRA BANDARA 1511-1552 AD ? Cousin of Mayadunne ? The kingdom of Kandy remained in spite of repeated attempts by the Portuguese to subdue it. Their efforts to convert the ruler, Jayaweera Bandara, to Christianity ended in failure. 186. KARALLIYADDE BANDARA 1552-1582 AD ? Grandson of Senasammata Vikrama Bahu ? Was placed on the Kandyan throne by the Portuguese. 187. RAJASINGHA I 1581-1593 AD ? Son of Mayadunne ? King Mayadunne?s son, Tikiri Banda, ascended the throne of Sri Lanka as Rajasinghe I after the death of his father. He fought battles, persecuted Buddhist monks and put to death any suspected of being critical of him. During this period, the King of Jaffna, PUVIRAJA PANDARAM PARARAJASEGARAM was overthrown and ETHIRIMANA SINGHAM PARARAJASEGARAM sat on the throne ? a protectorate of Portugal 188. VIMALA DHARMA SURIYA I 1592-1604 AD ? (Konappu Bandara) son of Vijayasundara Bandara ? King Karaliyadde died of smallpox and his Queen and sons leaving to the care of the Portuguese, an infant daughter Kusuma Devi, and nineteen year old nephew Yamasinghe Bandara, son of his sister, Tikiri Kumari. 189. SENARAT 1604-1635 AD ? Cousin of Vimala Dharma Suriya I ? Prince Senarat, young and popular among the people, now married to late King Vimala Dharma Suriya?s widowed Queen, Dona Catherina, was named King Senarat the first of Kandy. Prince mahastenne, son of Dona Catherina by Vimala Dharma Suriya, died in 1612. The following year Dona Catherina died of grief. 190. RAJA SINGHA II 1635-1687 AD ? Son of Dona Catherina and Senarat - (beginning of the period of Dutch occupation of Ceylon). Youngest son of King Senarat he assumed the title of Emperor and proceeded to administer the whole of his father?s dominions as Emperor Raja Singha II, the last great Sinhala Monarch. He continued the national struggle against the Portuguese and was the hero of Gannoruva, the last great battle of the Singhalese. 191. VIMALA DHARMA SURIYA II 1687-1707 AD ? Son of King Rajasinghe II ? whose son Mahastenne, ascended the throne, and took the name of Vimala Dharma Suriya II. 192. SRI VIRA PARAKRAMA NARENDRA SINGHA 1707-1739 AD ? Son of Vimala Dharma Suriya II ? Was seventeen years old when he ascended the throne and was a temple of wisdom, valor and virtue. Beginning of Nayakkar Dynasty 193. SRI VIJAYA RAJA SINGHA 1739-1747 AD ? Brother-in-law of King Narendra Singha ? Narendra Singha?s first wife brother, from Madurai, ascended the throne of Kandy, as Sri Vijaya Raja Singha. He came from the line of Vijayanagar kings of South India and henceforth filled the Sinhala throne. 194. KIRTI SRI RAJA SINGHA 1747-1782 AD ? Sri Vijaya Raja Singha?s wife?s eldest brother from Madura ? The second of the South Indian line. He was a tender young man when he succeeded his brother-in-law, and it was not until the year 1751 that he ascended the throne as Kirti Sri Raja Singha. He devoted the first few years of his reign to the advancement of literature and religion. 195. SRI RAJADHI RAJA SINGHA 1782-1798 AD ? Brother of Kirthi Sri Raja Singha ? Ascended the throne as Sri Rajadhi Raja Singha having come from South India while still a child. He was raised as a Kandyan and a Sinhala and was a brilliant pupil of the chief prelate of the Malwatte Temple at that time. 196. SRI VIKRAMA RAJA SINGHA 1798-1815 AD ? Son of a sister of King Rajadhi Raja Singha?s Queen Upendramma - (beginning of British Colonial era). Sri Vickrama Raja Singha, who ascended the throne was known as Prince Kannasamy, whose father was Venkata Perumal who died before the child was born. Well, at least now its complete. Sigh!! JRJ |
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