The Sinhalese Kingdom was founded in 543 BC.

Overview

edit

Periodization of Sri Lanka history:

Dates Period Period Span (years) Subperiod Span (years) Main government
300,000 BP–~1000 BC Prehistoric Sri Lanka Stone Age   300,000 Unknown
Bronze Age  
~1000 BC–543 BC Iron Age 457
543 BC–437 BC Ancient Sri Lanka Pre-Anuradhapura   106 Monarchy
437 BC–463 AD Anuradhapura 1454 Early Anuradhapura 900
463–691 Middle Anuradhapura 228
691–1017 Post-classical Sri Lanka Late Anuradhapura 326
1017–1070 Polonnaruwa 215 Chola conquest 53
1055–1232   177
1232–1341 Transitional 365 Dambadeniya 109
1341–1412 Gampola 71
1412–1592 Early Modern Sri Lanka Kotte 180
1592–1739 Kandyan 223   147
1739–1815 Nayakkar 76
1815–1833 Modern Sri Lanka British Ceylon 133 Post-Kandyan 18 Colonial monarchy
1833–1948   115
1948–1972 Contemporary Sri Lanka Sri Lanka since 1948 76 Dominion 24 Constitutional monarchy
1972–present Republic 52 Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic

Table of changes

edit

Key to map colours

  Sri Lankan Polities
  Foreign held territories
  Area changed by event

Pre Anuradhapura & Anuradhapura period

edit
Date Event Map
543 BC–437 BC
(105–106 years)
Prince Vijaya establishes the Sinhalese Kingdom centered at Tambapanni. While the Sinhalese monarchy does not control the whole island it does lay claim to it.  
437 BC–1017
(1453–1454 years)
The Sinhalese Kingdom moved to Anuradhapura by Pandukabhaya  
 
993–1014  

Polonnaruwa period

edit
Date Event Map
1014–1044  
1044–1052  
1052–1063  
1063–1070  
1070–1070  
1055–1232 [[File:|150px|Sri Lanka]]

Transitional period

edit
Date Event Map
–1521 [[File:|150px|Sri Lanka]]
1521–1597  
1597–  
[[File:|150px|Sri Lanka]]

Kandyan period

edit
Date Event Map
[[File:|150px|Sri Lanka]]
[[File:|150px|Sri Lanka]]
–1796  
1796–1815  

British Ceylon & Sri Lanka

edit
Date Event Map
1815–1948  
1948–Present  

See also

edit

References

edit

Citations

edit

Bibliography

edit
  • Codrington, H (1994). A short history of Ceylon. New Delhi, Madras, India: Asian Educational Services. ISBN 81-206-0946-8.
  • De Silva, K. M. (2014). A history of Sri Lanka ([Revised.] ed.). Colombo: Vijitha Yapa Publications. ISBN 978-955-8095-92-8.
  • Gunawardena, Charles A. (2005). Encyclopedia of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. pp. 71–. ISBN 978-1-932705-48-5.
  • Sastri, K. A (2000) [1935]. The CōĻas. Madras: University of Madras. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • Spencer, George W. (May 1976). "The Politics of Plunder: The Cholas in Eleventh-Century Ceylon". The Journal of Asian Studies. 35 (3): 405–419. doi:10.2307/2053272. JSTOR 2053272.
edit

Sri Lanka Category:Kingdoms of Sri Lanka