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Sinhala kingdom

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The Sinhala kingdom or Sinhalese kingdom refers to the successive Sinhalese people kingdoms that existed in what is today Sri Lanka.

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The Sinhalese kingdoms are kingdoms known by the city at which its administrative centre was located. These are in chronological order: the kingdoms of Tambapanni, Upatissa Nuwara, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Dambadeniya, Gampola, Kotte, Sitawaka and Kandy.

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The Sinhala kingdom ceased to exist by 1815, British Ceylon. While the Sinhala kingdom is claimed to have existed from 543 BCE to 1815 CE, other political entities claimed to have co-existed in Sri Lanka spanning certain partial periods, including the Jaffna kingdom (which existed 1215–1624 CE),

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Vannimai (which existed from the 12th century to 1803 CE) and the Portuguese and Dutch Ceylon (which existed 1597–1658 CE and 1640–1796 respectively).

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During these partial periods of time, these political entities were not part of the Sinhala kingdom, except Jaffna and the Vannimai following the invasion by Parakramabahu VI, until his death. Records by Faxian thero and the Mahavamsa suggests it may have extended to Maldives and parts of India as well.

Epochs according to the Mahavamsa chronology