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Alagakkonara (Sinhala: අලගක්කෝනාර, lit. '
Alagakkōnāra', Tamil: அழகக்கோன், lit. 'Aḻakakkōṉ, 'beautiful king' in Tamil'), also
known as Alakeshwara, were...
- was
constructed by king
Vikramabahu III. Meanwhile, a
general called "
Alagakkonara"
became more
powerful than the king as they
helped to
defeat "Araya Chakravarthi"...
- in the 13th century, a
local chieftain,
Nissanka Alagakkonara,
built a Kotte, or fortress.
Alagakkonara is
mentioned by Ibn
Batuta as
ruling in Kurunegala...
- kōttei
which mean fortress.The word
Kotte was
introduced by
Nissankamalla Alagakkonara, who was the
founder of the fortress. They were
believed to be from the...
- King
Alakeshvara of the
Alagakkonara feudatory, who was
replaced by
Parakramabahu VI of the
previous royal family. The
Alagakkonara dynasty from
South India...
- north. The Arya
Chakaravarthi expansion into the
south was
halted by
Alagakkonara, a man
descended from a
family of
merchants from
Kanchipuram in Tamil...
- who
ruled from 1397 to 1411. He was the last
prominent member of the
Alagakkonara family. His
father was a
minister of the
local king
Vikramabahu III of...
-
ruler Bhuvanaikabahu VI of
Kotte (aka
Chempaha Perumal)
Kadava dynasty Alagakkonara Sambuvaraya Akkarayan Pandara Vanniyan Magadai Mandalam Valvil Ori Sena...
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separate city was
built in
Kotte during this time by a
noble known as
Alagakkonara. The
longest sleeping Buddha statue in
South Asia is
located in the Saliyalapura...
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Monarchy Monarchs House of Siri
Sanga Bo
Capital city Rājākariya
Society Alagakkonara Caste system Karava Salagama Durava Irrigation network Culture Guththila...
