State · 1017 – 1236
Kingdom of Polonnaruwa
A state of 1017 – 1236 — 219 years in South Asia. It replaced Anuradhapura kingdom. It was replaced by Kingdom of Dambadeniya. The atlas records 4 things within it — people 4. Its line of rulers holds 19 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 219 years
- 1017 – 1236
- Rulers
- 19
- the King of Polonnaruwa
- Most ground
- 73,800 km²
- in 1072
- Within it
- 4
- recorded rows
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Anuradhapura kingdom · replaces · 377 BCE – 1017 CE
After it
- Kingdom of Dambadeniya · replaced by · 1220 – 1345
Rulers
The line of King of Polonnaruwa - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vijayabahu I | 1056 – 1111 | 55 years | the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone | |
| Jayabahu I of Polonnaruwa | 1111 – 1111 | under a year | ending not on record | sibling |
| Vikramabahu I of Polonnaruwa | 1111 – 1132 | 21 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | nephew or niece |
| Gajabahu II of Polonnaruwa | 1132 – 1153 | 21 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | child |
| Parakramabahu I | 1153 – 1186 | 33 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Vijayabahu II of Polonnaruwa | 1186 – 1187 | 1 year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | nephew or niece |
| Mahinda VI of Polonnaruwa | 1187 – 1187 | under a year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Nissanka Malla | 1187 – 1196 | 9 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Vikramabahu II of Polonnaruwa | 1196 – 1196 | under a year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Vira Bahu I of Polonnaruwa | 1196 – 1196 | under a year | killedWikidata's manner of death | |
| Chodaganga of Polonnaruwa | 1196 – 1197 | 1 year | deposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Queen Lilavati | 1197 – 1200 | 3 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Sahassa Malla of Polonnaruwa | 1200 – 1202 | 2 years | deposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Kalyanavati of Polonnaruwa | 1202 – 1208 | 6 years | ending not on record | |
| Dharmasoka of Polonnaruwa | 1208 – 1209 | 1 year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Anikanga of Polonnaruwa | 1209 – 1209 | under a year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | parent |
| Queen Lilavati | 1209 – 1210 | 1 year | the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone | |
| Lokissara | 1210 – 1211 | 1 year | ending not on record | |
| Queen Lilavati | 1211 – 1212 | 1 year | the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone | |
| Parakrama Pandyan II | 1212 – 1215 | 3 years | ending not on record | |
| Kalinga Magha | 1215 – 1236 | 21 years | ending not on record |
19 rulers, 19 with terms dated as terms, covering 1056 – 1236. Median reign 1 years. 3 of 20 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
73,800 km² in 1077, 73,800 km² in 1236; at its largest 73,800 km² in 1077. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1000 – 10991 row
- Vijayabahu I · ruler · 1039 – 1110
1100 – 11993 rows
- Parakramabahu I · ruler · 1123 – 1186
- Nissanka Malla · ruler · 1157 – 1196
- Queen Lilavati · ruler · 1150 – 1201
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood219 years
stood longer than 65% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held73,800 km²
held more ground at its peak than 39% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median1 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 2% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record19
has more rulers on record than 91% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 995 – 1258, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1072, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q3167772 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.