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UTC+5:30 ( Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone) Gampola ( Sinhala: ගම්පොල, Tamil: கம்பளை) is a town located in Kandy District, in Sri Lanka 's Central Province. The town is governed by an Urban Council. Gampola was made the capital of the island by King Buwanekabahu IV, who ruled for four years in the mid-fourteenth century.
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Kingdom of Gampola. Gampola is a town and once an ancient polity located near Kandy in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. It was made the capital city of the island by King Buwanekabahu IV, who ruled for four years in the mid-fourteenth century. King Buwanekabahu IV (son of King Vijayabahu V) ascended the throne after his father and shifted the ...
Data is based on the Sri Lankan Government Census. In the census of 1981, the Burgher population of Sri Lanka was 39,374 persons, about 0.2% of the total population. The highest concentration of Burghers is in Colombo (0.72%) and Gampaha (0.5%). There are also significant communities in Trincomalee and Batticaloa, with an estimated population ...
Gampola Zahira College, Gampola (commonly known as Gampola Zahira or simply as Zahira) ( Sinhala: ගම්පොල සහිරා විදුහල, Tamil: சாஹிரா கல்லூரி, Arabic: Zahira means "Excellence") is a co-educational college in Gampola, Central Province, Sri Lanka. [ 1][ 2] Students can study in any of ...
The Kingdom of Tambapaṇṇī was founded by Prince Vijaya, the first Sinhalese King, and 700 of his followers after landing in Sri Lanka in an area near modern-day Mannar, which is believed to be the district of Chilaw. [11] It is recorded that Vijaya made his landing on the day of Buddha's death. [12]
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Bhuvanaikabahu IV was the first King of Gampola who ruled from 1344/45 to 1353/54. He succeeded his father Vijayabahu V of Dambadeniya and became the King of Gampola. He was succeeded by his brother Parakkamabahu V . He is noted for wearing spectacles made of quartz crystals. He was provided with these spectacles when he found it difficult to ...