Kingdom of Kotte

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Sinhalese kingdom historical kingdom monarchy

The Kingdom of Kotte was a powerful Sinhalese monarchy in southwestern Sri Lanka that flourished from the 15th to the 16th century and became a major center of politics, trade, and Buddhism before its decline and partition.

Aliases (1)

Kingdom of Sitawaka ×1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sinhalese kingdom → historical kingdom → monarchy →
capital	Kotte →
causeOfDecline	Portuguese intervention → internal dynastic conflicts → rise of Sitawaka →
continent	Asia →
country	Sri Lanka →
culturalRole	center of Buddhist learning → center of Sinhalese literature →
economicActivity	maritime trade → spice trade →
endTime	1597 →
era	Late medieval Sri Lanka →
ethnicGroup	Sinhalese →
event	arrival of the Portuguese in Sri Lanka →
export	cinnamon → elephants → precious stones →
firstEuropeanContactWith	Portuguese Empire →
flourishedInCentury	15th century → 16th century →
fortificationType	moat and rampart defenses →
foundedBy	Parakramabahu VI →
governmentType	monarchy →
inception	reign of Parakramabahu VI →
language	Sinhalese language →
locatedIn	southwestern Sri Lanka →
majorReligion	Buddhism → Hinduism →
modernLocationCorrespondsTo	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka →
namedAfter	Kotte →
notableRuler	Bhuvanekabahu VII → Dharma Parakramabahu IX → Mayadunne of Sitawaka → Parakramabahu VI →
notableSite	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte area →
partitionedInto	Kandy → Kotte → Sitawaka →
partOf	Sri Lankan history →
politicalStatus	major center of Sinhalese political power →
predecessor	Kingdom of Gampola → Kingdom of Raigama →
religion	Hinduism → Theravada Buddhism →
startTime	circa 1412 →
successor	Kingdom of Kandy → Kingdom of Sitawaka → Portuguese Ceylon →
treaty	Treaty of 1518 with the Portuguese → Treaty of 1557 with the Portuguese →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kingdom of Kandy → Kingdom of Kandy ("Kingdom of Sitawaka") →	predecessor
Sinhalese people →	associatedWith