Upatissa was
purohita (Vedic priest) to and a chief government minister under King
Vijaya
Vijaya may refer to:
Places
* Vijaya (Champa), a city-state and former capital of the historic Champa in what is now Vietnam
* Vijayawada, a city in Andhra Pradesh, India
People
* Prince Vijaya of Sri Lanka (fl. 543–505 BC), earliest recorde ...
of
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...
. He built the city of
Upatissa Nuwara which he named after himself. This became the second
Sinhalese kingdom in Sri Lanka.
He was the King of Upatissa Nuwara for a short period after the death of
Prince Vijaya
Prince Vijaya (c. 543–505 BCE) was a legendary king of Kingdom of Tambapanni, Tambapanni, based in modern day Sri Lanka. His reign was first mentioned in ''Mahāvaṃsa.'' He is said to have came to Sri Lanka with seven hundred followers afte ...
until the arrival from India of the heir to the throne,
King Panduvasdeva.
See also
*
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 ...
External links
Kings & Rulers of Sri LankaCodrington's Short History of CeylonShort History of Sri Lanka
Sinhalese kings
6th-century BC Sinhalese monarchs
Monarch of Tambapanni
House of Vijaya
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