Kotte Kingdom
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Kotte Kingdom a few miles from present-day Colombo was a kingdom that flourished in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) during the 15th century. Its king was the last native sovereign to unify all of Sri Lanka under one rule.
By 1450, Parâkramabâhu VI had, with his conquest of the Jaffna Kingdom in northern Ceylon, unified all of Ceylon. By 1477, however, 10 years after the death of Parakramabahu VI, regional kingdoms became more powerful.
One of the greatest of fields that flourished under his rule was literature and art, since the king himself was very fond of them.
Originally founded as a fortress by Minister Alakesvara (1370-1385) of the Gampola Kingdom during the reign of King Vikramabahu III to checkmate northern invasions on the western coast, Parakramabahu VI later made it the capital city in 1412. [1]
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- ^ The Kotte Dynasty and its Portuguese allies (html). Humphry Coddrington. Retrieved on 2008-01-03.
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