Sri Lankan monarchy

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The Sri Lankan monarchy was the historical system of kingship that ruled the island of Sri Lanka for over two millennia, encompassing various dynasties and kingdoms until its abolition under British colonial rule in the early 19th century.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Sri Lankan monarchy canonical 2
Monarchs of Sri Lanka 1
Sri Lankan kings 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical institution ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
culturalInfluence Sinhalese Buddhist culture ⓘ
Tamil Hindu culture ⓘ
duration over two millennia ⓘ
endedBy British Empire ⓘ
Kandyan Convention ⓘ
endTime 1815 ⓘ
followedBy British colonial rule in Sri Lanka ⓘ
foundationalLegend arrival of Prince Vijaya ⓘ
foundationalRuler Vijaya ⓘ
governmentType hereditary monarchy ⓘ
interactedWith British Empire ⓘ
Chola Empire ⓘ
linked to: Chola dynasty

Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Pandya Kingdom ⓘ
Portuguese Empire ⓘ
South Indian kingdoms ⓘ
keyEvent Kandyan Convention of 1815 ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan Convention

construction of large stupas and irrigation works ⓘ
introduction of Buddhism to Sri Lanka under Devanampiya Tissa ⓘ
languageOfCourt Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
lastCapital Kandy ⓘ
lastRulingDynasty Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ
lastRulingKingdom Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ
legalBasisOfEnd Kandyan Convention of 1815 ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan Convention
legitimizedBy Brahmanical rituals ⓘ
Buddhist doctrine ⓘ
locatedIn South Asia ⓘ
island of Sri Lanka ⓘ
majorDynasty Anuradhapura Kingdom ⓘ
Dambadeniya Kingdom ⓘ
Gampola Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Gampola

House of Vijaya ⓘ
Kalinga dynasty in Sri Lanka ⓘ
Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ
Kotte Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Kotte

Lambakanna dynasty ⓘ
Moriya dynasty ⓘ
Nayakkar dynasty ⓘ
Polonnaruwa Kingdom ⓘ
Sitawaka Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Sitawaka

Vijayabahu dynasty ⓘ
politicalSystem kingship ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada
startTime c. 543 BCE ⓘ
successorState British Ceylon ⓘ
usedTitle Chakravarti ⓘ
Maha Raja ⓘ
linked to: Raja

Raja ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

King of Kandy → partOf → Sri Lankan monarchy ⓘ
kastane sword → associatedWith → Sri Lankan royalty ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lankan monarchy
kastane sword → usedBy → Sri Lankan kings ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lankan monarchy
Senasammata Vikramabahu → category → Sri Lankan monarchs ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lankan monarchy
Siyam Nikaya → patronizedBy → Sri Lankan monarchy ⓘ
Sri Rajadhi Rajasinha → isPartOf → Monarchs of Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lankan monarchy