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Realm · approximate borders · 1412–1550

Kingdom of Kotte

Parakramabahu VI moved the capital to Kotte (1412) (Wikipedia 'Kingdom of Kotte'). Jaffna regained independence and the hill country broke away as Kandy (c.

1469). After the 'Spoiling of Vijayabahu' (1521) Kotte kept the western coast around Colombo and leaned on the Portuguese.

See Kingdom of Kotte on the map in 1412

On the map
1412–1550
Capital
Kotte

Rulers named in the sources

South Asia's regional kingdoms, 1000–1550

Between the Ghaznavid raids and the Mughal conquest, South Asia was shared by dozens of regional states: the Madurai Sultanate in the Tamil country, the sultanates of Gujarat, Malwa and Khandesh, the Reddi and Velama kingdoms of Andhra, the Gajapatis of Odisha, the Rajput kingdoms of Mewar and Marwar, the Ahom, Chutia, Kamata and Tripura kingdoms of the north-east, the successors of the Chera Perumals on the Malabar coast, and the Sinhala kingdoms of Gampola, Kotte and Kandy. Few medieval sources describe frontiers.

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