Polity · 1072 CE – 1259 CE
Kingdom of Polonnaruwa
රජරට රාජධානියේ පොළොන්නරු යුගය
- Peak recorded area
- 73,514 km²
- 1072 CE
- Rulers on record
- 19
- from 1056 CE
Overview
The Kingdom of Polonnaruwa was the Sinhalese kingdom that expanded across the island of Sri Lanka from 1070 until 1232. The kingdom unified the island and started expanding its overseas influence during the reign of Parakramabahu the Great.
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Territory
2 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
19 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Vijayabahu I of PolonnaruwaKing of Polonnaruwa1056 CE – 1111 CE
- Jayabahu I of PolonnaruwaKing of Polonnaruwa1111 CE
- Vikramabahu I of PolonnaruwaKing of Polonnaruwa1111 CE – 1132 CE
- Gajabahu II of PolonnaruwaKing of Polonnaruwa1132 CE – 1153 CE
- Parakramabahu I of PolonnaruwaKing of Polonnaruwa1153 CE – 1186 CE
- Vijayabahu II of PolonnaruwaKing of Polonnaruwa1186 CE – 1187 CE
- Mahinda VI of PolonnaruwaKing of Polonnaruwa1187 CE
- Nissanka Malla of PolonnaruwaKing of Polonnaruwa1187 CE – 1196 CE
- Chodaganga of PolonnaruwaKing of Polonnaruwa1196 CE – 1197 CE
- Vikramabahu II of PolonnaruwaKing of Polonnaruwa1196 CE
- Vira Bahu I of PolonnaruwaKing of Polonnaruwa1196 CE
- Lilavati of PolonnaruwaKing of Polonnaruwa1197 CE – 1200 CE
- Sahassa Malla of PolonnaruwaKing of Polonnaruwa1200 CE – 1202 CE
- Kalyanavati of PolonnaruwaKing of Polonnaruwa1202 CE – 1208 CE
- Dharmasoka of PolonnaruwaKing of Polonnaruwa1208 CE – 1209 CE
- Anikanga of PolonnaruwaKing of Polonnaruwa1209 CE
- LokissaraKing of Polonnaruwa1210 CE – 1211 CE
- Parakrama Pandyan IIKing of Polonnaruwa1212 CE – 1215 CE
- Kalinga MaghaKing of Polonnaruwa1215 CE – 1236 CE
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Sinhala
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).
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Kingdom of Polonnaruwa is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.