Kanirajanu Tissa of Anuradhapura
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1st century AD Sri Lankan King of Anuradhapura
Kanirajanu Tissa | |
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King of Anuradhapura | |
Reign | 30 – 33 |
Predecessor | Theravāda Buddhism |
Kanirajanu Tissa was King of
King of Anuradhapura and was succeeded by his nephew Chulabhaya. Mahavamsa mentions King Kanirajanu Tissa as an evil king who killed his brother King Amandagamini
and ascended the throne.
The Mahavamsa states that this king made a court judgment in the Poya house of the Chethiya Giri Vihara and conspired to kill sixty monks who opposed it, prosecuted them and sentenced them to death by throwing them into a precipice filled with iron spikes called 'kanira'.
It is said that during the reign of this wicked ruler, life of the people in the kingdom itself was deplorable.
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Kanirajanu Tissa of Anuradhapura Born: ? ? Died: ? ?
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Preceded by | King of Anuradhapura 30–33 |
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Monarchs of the Sinhala Kingdom | ||
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Pre-Anuradhapura period House of Vijaya (543–237 BCE) |
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Anuradhapura period House of Vijaya (543–237 BCE) Chola dynasty (237–215 BCE) House of Vijaya (215–205 BCE) Chola dynasty (205–161 BCE) House of Vijaya (161–103 BCE) The Five Dravidians (103–89 BCE) House of Vijaya (89 BCE–66 CE) House of Lambakanna I (66–436) The Six Dravidians (436–463) House of Moriya (463–691) House of Lambakanna II (691–1017) |
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Anuradhapura from Rohana |
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Pandyan dynasty (1212–1215) (1215–1236)Eastern Ganga dynasty |
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Transitional period House of Siri Sanga Bo (1220–1505) |
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Kandyan period House of Dinajara (1591–1739) Nayaks of Kandy (1739–1815) |
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(543 BC–66 AD) | |
Kingdom of Tambapanni (543 BC–437 BC) |
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Kingdom of Anuradhapura (437 BC–237 BC) (215 BC–205 BC) (161 BC–103 BC) (89 BC–66 AD) |
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