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Mahasena, also known in some records as Mahasen, was a king of Sri Lanka who ruled the country from 277 to 304 CE. He started the construction of large tanks or reservoirs in Sri Lanka, [ 1 ] and built sixteen such tanks. [ 2 ]
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 ...
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 ...
King Mahasena ordered a dam build across the Minneriya River, which made the lake. The tank covered 4,670 acres (18.9 km 2 ). The Minneriya Tank was built by the great tank builder, King Mahasen (276–303) who ruled in Anuradhapura. [ 2 ]
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.
This tank is believed to be one of the sixteen large reservoirs built by King Mahasen (277 – 304). [5] It is said that he built this tank to supply water to the city and to safeguard the city from floods. [3] However the chronicle Mahavamsa have made a reference to this reservoir during the time of King Moggallana II (540 - 560). [6]
Name Kingdom House Reign Duration From To Days Y-M-D; 1 1: Vijaya: Tambapanni: Vijaya: 543 BC 505 BC 13,870 38 Years : 2 2: Upatissa: Upatissanuwara: Vijaya: 505 BC 504 BC
At the time of King Mahasen, the village was known as "Bakka amuna - Bakka Dam". The city got its name from the reservoir called Bak Amuna Pathaha which had a large basin (reservoir). Today this reservoir has been rehabilitated as a tank and it belongs to the Minneriya Giritale Forest Reserve.