Tissa was king of
Upatissa Nuwara (modern-day Sri Lanka) from 454 BC to 437 BC.
He succeeded his older brother
Abhaya after his deposition. Tissa was appointed the regent by his eight younger brothers but would only be consecrated king after he had finally defeated his nephew
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 ...
. However, he was deposed by Pandukabhaya.
See also
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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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Mahavamsa
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History of Sri Lanka
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Prehistoric Sri Lanka goes back 125,000 years and possibly even as far back a ...
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Place names in Sri Lanka
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External links
History of Sri Lankan KingsCodrington's Short History of Ceylon
References
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5th-century BC deaths
Monarch of Tambapanni
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