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Mahasena was the younger son of King Gotabaya, who ruled the country from 253 to 266 CE. His elder brother and predecessor to the throne was King Jetthatissa, who was the king from 266 to 275. Mahasen and Jetthatissa were educated by a Buddhist monk named Sanghamitta, who was a follower of the Vaitulya doctrine.
Mahasen may refer to: Kartikeya, also known as Mahasen or Mahasena from maha (great) + sena (army), the Hindu god of war; Mahasena of Anuradhapura, a king of Sri Lanka who ruled the country from 277 to 304 AD; Cyclone Mahasen, a cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal in 2013, renamed Cyclone Viyaru due to apparent negative showing of the ...
Sri Lanka has been ruled by various monarchial lines, at some times with different lines ruling different parts of the modern state, or the entire state.. The Sinhalese monarchy was established in 543 BC with Prince Vijaya founding the Kingdom of Tambapanni and ended with Sri Vickrama Rajasinghe of Kandy in 1815 with the signing of the Kandyan Convention.
64 54: Sri Sangha Tissa I: Anuradhapura: Lambakanna I: 248 252 1,460 4 Years 65 55: Sri Sangha Bodhi I (Sirisanghabodhi) Anuradhapura: Lambakanna I: 252 254 730 2 Years 66 56: Gotabhaya: Anuradhapura: Lambakanna I: 254 267 4,745 13 Years 67 57: Jettha Tissa I (Detuthis) Anuradhapura: Lambakanna I: 267 276 3,650 10 Years 68 58: Mahasen ...
King from King until Relationship with predecessor(s) Dutugamunu the Great (a.k.a. Dutta Gamini or Dutugemunu or Duttagamini Abaya)--161 BCE: 137 BCE *Defeated Elara *Eldest son of Kavan Tissa *Originally the ruler of Ruhuna Saddha Tissa--137 BCE: 119 BCE *Brother of Dutugemunu Thulatthana (Tulna)--119 BCE: 119 BCE *Second son of Saddha Tissa ...
Mahasena, a legendary king of the Kataragama region in Sri Lanka said to have ruled during the 6th century BCE; Mahasena of Anuradhapura, a historical king of Sri Lanka who ruled from 275 to 301 CE; Mahasena-gupta, a ruler of the Later Gupta dynasty in India; Mahasena, a genus of bagworm moth; Chaophraya Mahasena, a Thai noble title
King Mahasena marched an army to meet minister Meghavannabhaya and negotiations occurred the night before the battle. The king apologized for the pillaging and agreed to build a vihara on the grounds of Mahavihara. The Mahavamsa quotes the king: "We will make the vihara to be dwelt in yet again; forgive me my fault."
Mahāvaṃsa (Sinhala: මහාවංශ (Mahāvansha), Pali: මහාවංස (Mahāvaṃsa)) is the meticulously kept historical chronicle of Sri Lanka until the period of Mahasena of Anuradhapura.