Kingdom of Gampola

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The Kingdom of Gampola was a medieval Sinhalese monarchy in central Sri Lanka that served as a major political and cultural center before power shifted to the coastal Kingdom of Kotte.

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Label Occurrences
Gampola Kingdom 2
Kingdom of Gampola canonical 2

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sinhalese monarchy
historical kingdom
medieval polity
capital Gampola
conflicts conflicts with Jaffna Kingdom
internal dynastic struggles
continent Asia
country Sri Lanka
culturalRole major cultural center in medieval Sri Lanka
currency kahavanu (gold coins)
endTime 15th century
era medieval Sri Lanka
ethnicGroup Sinhalese
followedBy rise of the Kingdom of Kotte
governmentType monarchy
hasHeritageSite Ambuluwawa temple complex
Gadaladeniya Vihara
Lankatilaka Vihara
knownFor Buddhist temple construction
development of Sinhalese Buddhist art
transition of political power from interior to coastal regions of Sri Lanka
language Sinhala
locatedIn Central Province of Sri Lanka
surface form: Central Province, Sri Lanka

central Sri Lanka
namedAfter Gampola
notableRuler Bhuvanaikabahu IV
Bhuvanaikabahu V
Parakramabahu V
Parakramabahu V
surface form: Vikramabahu III
partOf history of Sri Lanka
history of the Sinhalese people
politicalStatus major political center in medieval Sri Lanka
predecessor Kingdom of Dambadeniya
region South Asia
religion Theravada
surface form: Theravada Buddhism
rulingDynasty House of Siri Sanga Bo
startTime 14th century
successor Kingdom of Kotte

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Kotte predecessor Kingdom of Gampola
Kandyan kings precededBy Kingdom of Gampola
this entity surface form: Gampola Kingdom
Kingdom of Raigama predecessor Kingdom of Gampola
Sri Lankan monarchy majorDynasty Kingdom of Gampola
this entity surface form: Gampola Kingdom