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Name: Kingdom of Gampola

Type: Polity

Start: 1342 AD

End: 1408 AD

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Was an ancient polity located near Kandy in the Central Province of Sri Lanka.

Establishment

  • January 1342: Gampola was made the capital city of the island by King Buwanekabahu IV.

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    Disestablishment

  • January 1409: The Sinhala Kingdom or Sinhalese Kingdom refers to the successive Sinhalese kingdoms that existed in what is today Sri Lanka. The Sinhala Kingdom existed as successive kingdoms known by the city at which its administrative centre was located. These are in chronological order: the kingdoms of Tambapanni, Upatissa Nuwara, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Dambadeniya, Gampola, Kotte, Sitawaka and Kandy.

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