Ruler · 302 – 267 BCE

Devanampiya Tissa

Lived 302 – 267 BCE; monarch. King of Anuradhapura of Anuradhapura kingdom, 307 BCE – 267 BCE.

Wikidata's English label: Devanampiya Tissa of Anuradhapura.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 302 BCE – 267 BCE; 35 years
In office: 40 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Anuradhapura kingdom
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

King of Anuradhapura

Anuradhapura kingdom · the 3rd of 112 dated reigns · 437 BCE – 1017

Pandukabhaya of Anuradhapura437 BCE – 367 BCE

Mutasiva367 BCE – 307 BCE

Devanampiya Tissa307 BCE – 267 BCE

Uttiya of Anuradhapura267 BCE – 257 BCE

Mahasiva of Anuradhapura257 BCE – 247 BCE

Suratissa of Anuradhapura247 BCE – 237 BCE

106 after

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

Reigned 307 BCE – 267 BCE · 40 years

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 267 BCE, the year they died

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