Mahallaka Naga
{{Short description|King of Anuradhapura from 135 to 141}}
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| title = King of Anuradhapura
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| reign = 135–141
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| predecessor = Gajabahu I
| successor = Bhatika Tissa
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| issue = Bhatika Tissa
Kanittha Tissa
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| dynasty = Lambakanna dynasty
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| religion = Theravada Buddhism
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Mahallaka Naga was the King of Anuradhapura from the House of Lambakanna I. He ruled from 135 till 141 AD.{{Cite book |last=Livingstone |first=Samuel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QGhXAAAAMAAJ&q=Mahallaka+Naga+135 |title=The Sinhalese of Ceylon and the Aryan Theory: Letters of a Tamil Father to His Son |date=1971 |publisher=M. S. Seevaratnam |language=en|page=47}} He was preceded by his son-in-law, Gajabahu I and succeeded by his son, Bhatika Tissa. During his succession to the throne, the king was very old, and thus he was popularly known as Mahallaka Naga or Mahalu Naga.
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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]
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