Ruler · 251 – 205 BCE

Asela of Anuradhapura

Lived 251 – 205 BCE; monarch. King of Anuradhapura of Anuradhapura kingdom, 215 BCE – 205 BCE.

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Lived: 251 BCE – 205 BCE; 46 years
In office: 10 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Anuradhapura kingdom
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

King of Anuradhapura

Anuradhapura kingdom · the 8th of 112 dated reigns · 437 BCE – 1017

4 before

Mahasiva of Anuradhapura257 BCE – 247 BCE

Suratissa of Anuradhapura247 BCE – 237 BCE

Sena and Guttika237 BCE – 215 BCE

Asela of Anuradhapura215 BCE – 205 BCE

Ellalan205 BCE – 161 BCE

Dutugamunu the Great161 BCE – 137 BCE

Saddha Tissa of Anuradhapura137 BCE – 119 BCE

101 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 215 BCE – 205 BCE · 10 years · came to it aged 36

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 205 BCE, the year they died

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