Kotte Kingdom

Infobox Former Country
native_name = Lanka
conventional_long_name = Kingdom of Kotte
common_name = Kingdom of Kotte
continent = moved from Category:Asia to South Asia
region = South Asia
country = Sri Lanka
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empire =
government_type = Monarchy
event_start = Unification of all Sri Lanka
date_start =
year_start = 1412
event_end =
date_end =
year_end = 1597
p1 = Kingdom of Raigama
flag_p1 = Flag of Ceylon.svg
p2 =
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flag_s1 = Flag Portugal (1640).svg
s1 = Portuguese Ceylon
flag_s2 = Flag of Ceylon.svg
s2 = Kingdom of Sitawaka

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capital = Kandy
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common_languages = Sinhala
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leader1 = Parakramabâhu VI(First)
leader2 = Jayabâhu II
leader3 = Bhuvanaikabâhu VI
leader4 = Parâkkamabâhu VII
leader5 = Parâkkamabâhu VIII (Fifth)
leader6 = Dom Joaõ Dharmapala (9th and Last)
year_leader1 = 1412-1467
year_leader2 = 1467-1470
year_leader3 = 1470-1480
year_leader4 = 1480-1484
year_leader5 = 1484-1489
year_leader6 = 1551-1597
title_leader = Kingdom of Kandy
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The Kotte Kingdom(Sinhalese: කෝට්ටේ රාජධානිය), located a few miles from present-day Colombo was a kingdom that flourished in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) during the 15th century. Its king was the last native sovereign to unify all of Sri Lanka under one rule.

By 1450, Parâkramabâhu VI had, with his conquest of the Jaffna Kingdom in northern Ceylon, unified all of Ceylon. By 1477, however, 10 years after the death of Parakramabahu VI, regional kingdoms became more powerful.

One of the greatest of fields that flourished under his rule was literature and art, since the king himself was very fond of them.

Originally founded as a fortress by Minister Alakesvara (1370-1385) of the Gampola Kingdom during the reign of King Vikramabahu III to checkmate northern invasions on the western coast, Parakramabahu VI later made it the capital city in 1412. citeweb|url=http://lakdiva.org/codrington/chap06.html
title= The Kotte Dynasty and its Portuguese allies
accessdate=2008-01-03 |format=html |work=Humphry Coddrington]

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