Sitawaka

E396940
Sinhalese kingdom former country historical kingdom

Sitawaka was a powerful 16th-century Sinhalese kingdom in Sri Lanka known for its resistance against Portuguese colonial expansion.

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Label Occurrences
Sitawaka canonical 4

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sinhalese kingdom ⓘ
former country ⓘ
historical kingdom ⓘ
capital Avissawella ⓘ
commonName Kingdom of Sitawaka ⓘ
conflict Portuguese–Sitawaka conflicts ⓘ
Sinhalese–Portuguese War ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
currency massa (coin) ⓘ
demiseCause internal conflicts ⓘ
pressure from Portuguese and Kandy ⓘ
succession crisis ⓘ
endTime 1594 ⓘ
era 16th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Sinhalese ⓘ
followedBy Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Kandy
foundedBy Mayadunne of Sitawaka ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
heritageSiteNearby Sitawaka fort ruins at Avissawella ⓘ
historicalRegion Sabaragamuwa ⓘ
Western Province ⓘ
surface form: Western Province (historical area)
knownFor military campaigns against the Portuguese in Sri Lanka ⓘ
resistance against Portuguese expansion ⓘ
language Sinhalese ⓘ
legacy symbol of Sinhalese resistance to colonialism ⓘ
locatedIn Asia ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
militaryFeature fortified strongholds ⓘ
use of war elephants ⓘ
modernAdministrativeNameDerivedFrom Seethawaka Divisional Secretariat ⓘ
namedAfter Sitawaka Oya (river) ⓘ
notableRuler Mayadunne of Sitawaka ⓘ
Rajasinha I of Sitawaka ⓘ
opponent Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Kandy

Kingdom of Kotte ⓘ
Portuguese Empire ⓘ
partOf island of Sri Lanka ⓘ
peakPeriod reign of Rajasinha I ⓘ
precededBy Kingdom of Kotte ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
Theravada ⓘ
surface form: Theravada Buddhism
startTime 1521 ⓘ
territoryIncludes parts of central Sri Lanka ⓘ
Western Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: western Sri Lanka

Referenced by (4)

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

Kingdom of Kotte → partitionedInto → Sitawaka ⓘ
Kingdom of Sitawaka → capital → Sitawaka ⓘ
Mayadunne of Sitawaka → monarchOf → Sitawaka ⓘ
Mayadunne of Sitawaka → placeOfActivity → Sitawaka ⓘ