Sena and Guttika

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| reign = 237 BC – 215 BC

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| predecessor = Suratissa

| successor = Asela

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Sena and Guttika were two Tamil horse traders thought to be from South India{{cite book |last1=Ring |first1=Trudy |last2=Salkin |first2=Robert M. |last3=Schellinger |first3=Paul E. |last4=Boda |first4=Sharon La |last5=Watson |first5=Noelle |last6=Hudson |first6=Christopher |last7=Hast |first7=Adele |title=International Dictionary of Historic Places: Asia and Oceania |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JqHPpNaZfNwC&dq=sena+and+guttika&pg=PA37 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |language=en |date=1994|isbn=9781884964046 }} who killed and usurped the throne of the reigning Anuradhapura king Suratissa. They reigned for 22 years from 237 BC to 215 BC. Suratiss's nephew Asela defeated them and retook the Sinhalese throne.{{Cite book |last=Senaveratna |first=John M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X9TeEcMi0e0C&q=Mahasiva+Anuradhapura+257+BC |title=The Story of the Sinhalese from the Most Ancient Times Up to the End of "the Mahavansa" Or Great Dynasty: Vijaya to Maha Sena, B.C. 543 to A.D.302 |date=1997 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |isbn=978-81-206-1271-6 |language=en|page=85-88}}

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