📜 Chronicle Lab

World History Archive

Follow the rise, rivalry, and legacy of historic states with a map-first archive built for students, researchers, and curious readers. Explore 191 documented rulers across 18 kingdoms.

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Rulers and dynastic records

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Kingdom profiles with context

⌛ 2000+

Years of connected timelines

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Featured Rulers

A rotating spotlight updates daily to surface influential rulers from different regions and eras.

Saturday, June 20, 2026

Sri Lanka

King Panduvasudeva

504–474 BCE

Panduvasudeva was the first monarch of the Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara, reigning for 30 years. He was the nephew of his predecessor, King Vijaya, and w...

Sri Lanka

King Ethirimana Cinkam

1591–1617 CE

Ethirimana Cinkam ruled Jaffna for 26 years amid intensifying Portuguese demands. He attempted to balance loyalty to the Portuguese with the preservat...

Sri Lanka

King Puviraja Pandaram

1467–1519 CE

Puviraja Pandaram (1565) ruled Jaffna momentarily as a Portuguese client after Cankili I's overthrow. His brief tenure reflects Portuguese attempts to...

Sri Lanka

King Vijayabahu III

1236–1270 CE

Vijayabahu III (1236–1270) established Dambadeniya as the new capital after expelling Kalinga Magha's forces from Polonnaruwa. His 34-year reign focus...

Sri Lanka

King Parakramabahu IV

1291–1302 CE

Parakramabahu IV (1291–1302) continued ruling from Yapahuwa for eleven years. His reign maintained Buddhist patronage and regional irrigation, navigat...

Sri Lanka

King Pulahatta

103–100 BCE

Pulahatta (103–100 BCE) participated in the brief line of usurpers following Valagamba’s early overthrow. Foreign-aligned or opportunistic military ba...

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Historical Kingdoms

Compare how power expanded, fractured, and transformed across major kingdoms and empires.

Sri Lanka

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Tambapanni

Earliest recorded settlement under Vijaya, also known as Thammanna Nuwara.

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Upatissa Nuwara

Interim capital after Vijaya period

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Anuradhapura Kingdom

First major kingdom; irrigation & Buddhist center

India

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Maurya Empire

Emperor Ashoka sent his son, Mahinda Thero, and later his daughter, Sanghamitta Theri, to Sri Lanka to introduce Buddhism.

Sri Lanka

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Kelaniya Kingdom

A provincial kingdom with deep mythological and Buddhist significance. It was the capital of King Kelanitissa and the birthplace of Vihara Maha Devi.

Sri Lanka

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Ruhuna

Founded around 200 BC by Prince Mahanaga after a dispute with his brother, King Devanampiya Tissa of Anuradhapura. Located in the south of Sri Lanka, it became a crucial center for Sinhalese culture and a base of resistance against invaders. Key cities included Magama and Tissamaharama.

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