Kalyanavati was
Queen of
Polonnaruwa from 1202 to 1208. She was one of the few queens that reigned in
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
. She succeeded
Sahassa Malla as
Queen of Polonnaruwa and was succeeded by
Dharmasoka.
She was the wife of
Nissanka Malla. She was widowed in 1196.
In 1202, the chief of the army, Ayasmanta, deposed king Sahassa Malla, and placed the dowager queen Kalyanavati on the throne in his stead. Her reign is described as a peaceful one. Ayasmanta managed the affairs of state in the her place, and during these years he founded the
Sarajakula-vaddhana college at Weligama, and issued the treatise ''Dhammadhikarana'' ("Rules of Practice") concerning the rules of the caste system. Queen Kalyanavati is known to have founded religious monuments, notably the ''vihara'' at Pannasalaka.
She was succeeded by the three year old king
Dharmasoka. It is unknown how her reign ended, but it is assumed that she was deposed: the reigh of Ayasmanta continued, since he continued as regent during the minority of Dharmasoka.
Outlines of Ceylon History
' p 176
See also
*
List of Sri Lankan monarchs
*
History of Sri Lanka
References
External links
Kings & Rulers of Sri LankaCodrington's Short History of Ceylon*
Outlines of Ceylon History' p 176
Sinhalese queens
Monarchs of Polonnaruwa
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