Kingdom of Sitawaka Sitawaka | |||||||||||
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1521–1594 | |||||||||||
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Capital | Sitawaka | ||||||||||
Common languages | Sinhala | ||||||||||
Religion | Theravada Buddhism | ||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
Kingdom of Sitawaka | |||||||||||
• 1521–1581 | Mayadunne | ||||||||||
• 1581–1593 | Rajasinha I | ||||||||||
Historical era | Transitional period | ||||||||||
1521 | |||||||||||
• Death of Rajasinha I | 1594 | ||||||||||
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The kingdom of Sitawaka (Sinhala: සීතාවක, Tamil: சீீீதாவாக்கை இராசதானி) was a kingdom located in south-central Sri Lanka. It emerged from the division of the kingdom of Kotte following the Spoiling of Vijayabahu in 1521. Over the course of the next seventy years it came to dominate much of the island. Sitawaka also offered fierce resistance to the Portuguese, who had arrived on the island in 1505. Despite its military successes, Sitawaka remained unstable, having to contend with repeated uprisings in its restive Kandyan territories, as well as a wide-ranging and often devastating conflict with the Portuguese. Sitawaka disintegrated soon after the death of its last king Rajasimha I in 1593.
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