Ruler · 1157 – 1196

Nissanka Malla

Lived 1157 – 1196; monarch. King of Polonnaruwa of Kingdom of Polonnaruwa, 1187 – 1196.

Wikidata's English label: Nissanka Malla of Polonnaruwa.

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

Lived: 1157 – 1196; 39 years
In office: 9 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kingdom of Polonnaruwa
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

King of Polonnaruwa

Kingdom of Polonnaruwa · the 8th of 21 dated reigns · 1056 – 1236

4 before

Parakramabahu I1153 – 1186

Vijayabahu II of Polonnaruwa1186 – 1187

Mahinda VI of Polonnaruwa1187

Nissanka Malla1187 – 1196

Vikramabahu II of Polonnaruwa1196

Vira Bahu I of Polonnaruwa1196

Chodaganga of Polonnaruwa1196 – 1197

10 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1187 – 1196 · 9 years · came to it aged 30

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1196, the year they died

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