:Pandukabhaya
{{Short description|King of Anuradhapura from 437 to 367 BC}}
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| name = Pandukabhaya
| title = King of Thambapanni
King of Anuradhapura
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| reign = 437 BC – 367 BC
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| predecessor = Tissa
| successor = Mutasiva
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| issue = 10 sons and two daughters
Mutasiva
Suratissa
| royal house = Vijaya
| dynasty = Shakya
| father = Dighagamini
| mother = Unmadachithra
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| birth_place = Upatissa Nuwara
| death_date = 367 BC (aged 106–107)
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Pandukabhaya was a king of Upatissa Nuwara and the first monarch of the Anuradhapura Kingdom and 6th over all of the island of Sri Lanka since the arrival of the Vijaya; he reigned from 437 BC to 367 BC. According to many historians and philosophers, he is the first truly Sri Lankan king since the Vijayan migration, and also the king who ended the conflict between the Sinha clan and the local clans, reorganising the population.
He was the only child of Princess Unmadachithra (daughter of King Panduvasdew and Queen Baddhakachchana) and Prince Dighagamini (son of Prince Digayu and Princess Disala). Pandula was his teacher and Pandula's son Chandra was his advisor.
Services
- Established an organized system of governance.
- Established a post called "Nagara Gutthika" to rule the city and named his uncle Abhaya to the post.
- Ordered the demarcation of all the villages in the island in his tenth year of reign. He was the first king to do so.{{cite web|title=Chapter 10- The Consecrating of Pandukabaya|url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/buddhism/book/the-mahavamsa/d/doc3217.html|work=Mahawamsa-The Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka|date=21 March 2010}}
In Media
- Aba, a 2008 film based on the historical legend of King Pandukabhaya
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/gen3000.html Kings & Rulers of Sri Lanka]
- [http://lakdiva.org/codrington/ Codrington's Short History of Ceylon]
- [http://mahavamsa.org/king-pandukabhaya-437-bc-367-bc/ King Pandukabhaya in Mahavamsa]
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| title = King of Anuradhapura
| years = 437 BC–367 BC
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| after = Mutasiva
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{{Monarchs of the Sinhala Kingdom}}
{{House of Vijaya}}
Category:Monarchs of Anuradhapura