Ruler · 448 – 495

Kashyapa I

Lived 448 – 495; monarch. King of Anuradhapura of Anuradhapura kingdom, 473 – 495.

Wikidata's English label: Kashyapa I 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: 448 – 495; 47 years
In office: 22 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Anuradhapura kingdom
Left it: killed; the ruler's own article

King of Anuradhapura

Anuradhapura kingdom · the 63rd of 112 dated reigns · 437 BCE – 1017

59 before

Chattagahaka Jantu of Anuradhapura434 – 435

Mittasena of Anuradhapura435 – 436

Dhatusena455 – 473

Kashyapa I473 – 495

Moggallana I of Anuradhapura497 – 515

Kumara Dhatusena of Anuradhapura515 – 524

Kittisena of Anuradhapura524

46 after

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

Reigned 473 – 495 · 22 years · came to it aged 25

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: killedread from the ruler's own article

Kashyapa was killed in the battle that ensued.

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