Polity · 1262 CE – 1624 CE
Jaffna kingdom
யாழ்ப்பாண அரசு
- Peak recorded area
- 22,777 km²
- 1314 CE
- Rulers on record
- 20
- from 1262 CE
Overview
The Jaffna Kingdom, also known as Kingdom of Aryachakravarti, was a historical kingdom of what today is northern Sri Lanka. It came into existence around the town of Jaffna on the Jaffna Peninsula and was traditionally thought to have been established after the invasion of Kalinga Magha from Kalinga in India.
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Territory
3 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
Rulers
20 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Kulasekara CinkaiariyanKing of Jaffna1262 CE – 1284 CE
- SavakanmaindanKing of Jaffna1262 CE – 1277 CE
- Kulotunga CinkaiariyanKing of Jaffna1284 CE – 1292 CE
- Vickrama CinkaiariyanKing of Jaffna1292 CE – 1302 CE
- Varodaya CinkaiariyanKing of Jaffna1302 CE – 1325 CE
- Martanda CinkaiariyanKing of Jaffna1325 CE – 1347 CE
- Gunabhooshana CinkaiariyanKing of Jaffna1347 CE – 1371 CE
- Virodaya CinkaiariyanKing of Jaffna1371 CE – 1380 CE
- Jeyaveera CinkaiariyanKing of Jaffna1380 CE – 1410 CE
- Gunaveera CinkaiariyanKing of Jaffna1410 CE – 1440 CE
- Kanakasooriya CinkaiariyanKing of Jaffna1440 CE – 1450 CE
- Bhuvanekabahu VI of KotteKing of Jaffna1450 CE – 1467 CE
- Singai PararasasegaramKing of Jaffna1478 CE – 1519 CE
- Cankili IKing of Jaffna1519 CE – 1561 CE
- Puviraja PandaramKing of Jaffna1561 CE – 1565 CE
- Kasi Nayinar PararacacekaranKing of Jaffna1565 CE – 1570 CE
- PeriyapillaiKing of Jaffna1565 CE – 1582 CE
- Ethirimana CinkamKing of Jaffna1591 CE – 1616 CE
- Cankili IIKing of Jaffna1617 CE – 1619 CE
- Don ConstantineKing of Jaffna1619 CE – 1624 CE
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Tamil
- Currency
- Setu coins
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Jaffna kingdom is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.