Mutasiva (, ) was ruler of the
Kingdom of Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka, based at the ancient capital of
Anuradhapura
Anuradhapura (, ; , ) is a major city located in the north central plain of Sri Lanka. It is the capital city of North Central Province, Sri Lanka, North Central Province and the capital of Anuradhapura District. The city lies north of the cur ...
. He ruled from 367 BC to 307 BC. He had ten sons, some of whom were his successors such
Devanampiya Tissa
Tissa, later Devanampiya Tissa (, ), also known as Devanape Tis (, ), was one of the earliest kings of Sri Lanka based at the ancient capital of Anuradhapura. According to the traditional chronology, he ruled from 307 BC to 267 BC, bu ...
,
Uttiya,
Mahasiva,
Suratissa and
Asela. Mutasiva was the son of King
Pandukabhaya
Pandukabhaya was a king of Upatissa Nuwara and the first monarch of the Anuradhapura Kingdom and 6th over all of the island of Sri Lanka since the arrival of the Vijaya; he reigned from 437 BC to 367 BC. According to many historians and philo ...
.
The king ruled for sixty years which was an unbroken peaceful era of the country. He was the creator of
Mahamevnāwa Park in Anuradhapura which is the only historical record of his accomplishments.
See also
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Mahavamsa
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List of Sri Lankan monarchs
The monarchs of Sri Lanka, also referred to as the Sinhalese monarchy, were the heads of state and rulers of the Sinhala Kingdoms located in present-day Sri Lanka, from 543 BCE (according to chronicles) until its abolition in 1815 CE.
The Sinha ...
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History of Sri Lanka
The history of Sri Lanka covers Sri Lanka and the history of the Indian subcontinent and its surrounding regions of South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean.
Prehistoric Sri Lanka goes back 125,000 years and possibly even as far back a ...
References
External links
Kings & Rulers of Sri LankaCodrington's Short History of Ceylon
Monarchs of Anuradhapura
Sinhalese kings
4th-century BC Sinhalese monarchs
House of Vijaya
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