This is the family tree of Sinhalese monarchs.
Key
House of Vijaya
The House of Vijaya claimed a close relationship to the
Shakya
Shakya ( Pāḷi: ; sa, शाक्य, translit=Śākya) was an ancient eastern sub-Himalayan ethnicity and clan of north-eastern region of the Indian subcontinent, whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. The Shakyas were organised ...
dynasty, family of the
Gautama Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha, was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism.
According to Buddhist tradition, he was born in Lu ...
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House of Lambakanna I
House of Moriya
House of Lambakanna II
House of Vijayabahu
House of Kalinga
House of Siri Sanga Bo
House of Dinajara
Nayaks of Kandy
See also
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List of Sri Lankan monarchs
The Sinhalese monarch -- anachronistically referred to as the Kings of Sri Lanka—featured the heads of state of the Sinhala Kingdoms, in what is today Sri Lanka.
The Sinhalese monarchy originates in the settlement of North Indian Indo ...
Notes
References
External links
Genealogy of the House of Vijaya
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sinhalese Monarchs Family Tree
Family tree
A family tree, also called a genealogy or a pedigree chart, is a chart representing family relationships in a conventional tree structure. More detailed family trees, used in medicine and social work, are known as genograms.
Representations of ...
Family trees
Dynasty genealogy
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