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  2. Kingdom of Polonnaruwa - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] After the victory at Polonnaruwa, Vijayabahu had to face more rebellions. This caused him to delay his coronation, which took place in 1072 or 1073, [7] eighteen years after being crowned as Vijayabahu in Ruhuna, and after a military campaign that lasted seventeen years. Polonnaruwa was renamed Vijayarajapura and chosen as the capital.

  3. Polonnaruwa - Wikipedia

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    The second-oldest of all Sri Lanka's kingdoms, Polonnaruwa was first established as a military post by the Sinhalese kingdom. [1] It was renamed Jananathamangalam by the Chola dynasty after their successful invasion of the country's then capital, Anuradhapura, in the 10th century. The Ancient City of Polonnaruwa has been declared a World ...

  4. Polonnaruwa period - Wikipedia

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    The Polonnaruwa period was a period in the history of Sri Lanka from 1017, after the Chola conquest of Anuradhapura and when the center of administration was moved to Polonnaruwa, to the end of the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa in 1232. The Kingdom of Polonnaruwa was the second major Sinhalese kingdom of Sri Lanka.

  5. List of former national capitals - Wikipedia

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    country renamed to Myanmar; city renamed to Yangon ... Capital moved to possibly Polonnaruwa: Polonnaruwa: Kingdom of Polonnaruwa ... Socialist Federal Republic of ...

  6. Anuradhapura kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Polonnaruwa, a military outpost of the Sinhalese kingdom, [51] was renamed Jananathamangalam, after a title assumed by Rajaraja I, and became the new centre of administration for the Cholas. This was because earlier Tamil invaders had only aimed at overlordship of Rajarata in the north, but the Cholas were bent on control of the whole island ...

  7. Polonnaruwa Electoral District - Wikipedia

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    Polonnaruwa electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Polonnaruwa in the North Central province .

  8. Polonnaruwa District - Wikipedia

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    Polonnaruwa District (Sinhala: පොළොන්නරුව දිස්ත්‍රික්කය; Tamil: பொலன்னறுவை மாவட்டம்) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country.

  9. History of Sri Lanka (1948–present) - Wikipedia

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    Polonnaruwa: 215 Chola conquest: 53 1055–1232 177 1232–1341 Transitional: 365 Dambadeniya: 109 1341–1412 Gampola: 71 1412–1592 Early Modern Sri Lanka: Kotte: 180 1592–1739 Kandyan: 223 147 1739–1815 Nayakkar: 76 1815–1833 Modern Sri Lanka: British Ceylon: 133 Post-Kandyan: 18 Colonial monarchy: 1833–1948 115 1948–1972 ...