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Senasammata Vikramabahu

reigned c. 1469–1511 · 15th century

Senasammata Vikramabahu was the first king of Kandy, ruling from about 1469 to 1511. Of the royal line of Gampola, he made the central highlands a separate kingdom, at first under the overlordship of the Kingdom of Kotte, and founded the city of Senkadagala, later known as Kandy.

Senasammata Vikramabahu
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Kingdom of Kandy

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