Kingdom of Sitawaka

E280671

Sinhalese kingdom former monarchy historical kingdom

The Kingdom of Sitawaka was a powerful 16th-century Sinhalese monarchy in Sri Lanka known for its resistance against Portuguese colonial expansion.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Kingdom of Sitawaka canonical	5
Sitawaka Kingdom	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2518861 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kingdom of Sitawaka
Context triple: [Sinhalese people, associatedWith, Kingdom of Sitawaka]

A. Kingdom of Kotte
The Kingdom of Kotte was a powerful Sinhalese monarchy in southwestern Sri Lanka that flourished from the 15th to the 16th century and became a major center of politics, trade, and Buddhism before its decline and partition.
B. Polonnaruwa Kingdom
The Polonnaruwa Kingdom was a medieval Sinhalese kingdom in Sri Lanka known for its advanced irrigation systems, monumental Buddhist architecture, and role as a major political and cultural center from the 11th to 13th centuries.
C. Kingdom of Ava
The Kingdom of Ava was a major Burmese monarchy that dominated Upper Myanmar from the 14th to 16th centuries, serving as a key political and cultural center for the Bamar people.
D. Pagan Kingdom
The Pagan Kingdom was an early Burmese empire centered on the city of Bagan that unified much of present-day Myanmar and laid the foundations for Bamar culture, language, and Theravada Buddhism in the region.
E. Dimasa Kingdom
The Dimasa Kingdom was a historical polity in northeastern India ruled by the Dimasa people, known for its influence over parts of present-day Assam and surrounding regions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kingdom of Sitawaka
Target entity description: The Kingdom of Sitawaka was a powerful 16th-century Sinhalese monarchy in Sri Lanka known for its resistance against Portuguese colonial expansion.

A. Kingdom of Kotte
The Kingdom of Kotte was a powerful Sinhalese monarchy in southwestern Sri Lanka that flourished from the 15th to the 16th century and became a major center of politics, trade, and Buddhism before its decline and partition.
B. Polonnaruwa Kingdom
The Polonnaruwa Kingdom was a medieval Sinhalese kingdom in Sri Lanka known for its advanced irrigation systems, monumental Buddhist architecture, and role as a major political and cultural center from the 11th to 13th centuries.
C. Kingdom of Ava
The Kingdom of Ava was a major Burmese monarchy that dominated Upper Myanmar from the 14th to 16th centuries, serving as a key political and cultural center for the Bamar people.
D. Pagan Kingdom
The Pagan Kingdom was an early Burmese empire centered on the city of Bagan that unified much of present-day Myanmar and laid the foundations for Bamar culture, language, and Theravada Buddhism in the region.
E. Dimasa Kingdom
The Dimasa Kingdom was a historical polity in northeastern India ruled by the Dimasa people, known for its influence over parts of present-day Assam and surrounding regions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sinhalese kingdom ⓘ former monarchy ⓘ historical kingdom ⓘ
capital	Sitawaka ⓘ
commonLanguage	Sinhalese ⓘ
conflict	Portuguese–Sitawaka conflicts ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Sri Lanka ⓘ
culturalSphere	Sinhalese Buddhist civilization ⓘ
currency	traditional Sri Lankan coinage ⓘ
dissolutionReason	internal instability ⓘ military defeats ⓘ
endTime	1594 ⓘ
era	Early modern period ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Sinhalese ⓘ
firstRuler	Mayadunne of Sitawaka ⓘ
foundedBy	Mayadunne of Sitawaka ⓘ
governmentType	monarchy ⓘ
hasHistoricalRole	major Sinhalese power opposing European colonization ⓘ
hasLegacy	symbol of resistance to foreign domination in Sri Lankan history ⓘ
hasTerritoryIn	central Sri Lanka ⓘ southwestern Sri Lanka ⓘ
historicalRegion	Kegalle region ⓘ linked to: Kegalle District Sabaragamuwa region ⓘ linked to: Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka
knownFor	military campaigns against the Portuguese ⓘ resistance against Portuguese expansion in Sri Lanka ⓘ
languageUsed	Sinhala language ⓘ linked to: Sinhala
locatedIn	South Asia ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedOn	island of Sri Lanka ⓘ
militaryLeader	Rajasinha I of Sitawaka ⓘ
namedAfter	city of Sitawaka ⓘ
notableRuler	Mayadunne of Sitawaka ⓘ Rajasinha I of Sitawaka ⓘ
opponent	Portuguese Empire ⓘ
opposed	Portuguese colonial rule in Sri Lanka ⓘ
partOf	history of Sri Lanka ⓘ
politicalSystem	hereditary monarchy ⓘ
predecessorState	Kingdom of Kotte ⓘ
religion	Theravada Buddhism ⓘ linked to: Theravada
religiousTradition	Buddhism ⓘ
startTime	1521 ⓘ
successorState	Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ linked to: Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka)
timePeriod	16th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sinhalese people → associatedWith → Kingdom of Sitawaka ⓘ

Kingdom of Kotte → successor → Kingdom of Sitawaka ⓘ

Kandyan Kingdom → predecessor → Sitawaka Kingdom ⓘ

linked to: Kingdom of Sitawaka

Mayadunne of Sitawaka → country → Kingdom of Sitawaka ⓘ

Mayadunne of Sitawaka → monarchOf → Kingdom of Sitawaka ⓘ

Sitawaka → commonName → Kingdom of Sitawaka ⓘ

Sri Lankan monarchy → majorDynasty → Sitawaka Kingdom ⓘ