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1
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What’s Mahasammatha?

A

Majority Will

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What is Janasammatha?

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People’s will

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What is ‘Kula’?

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Family

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What was the name given to the chiefs of families?

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Gruhapathi

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What was the name given to the chief of villages?

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Gramika or Gamika

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Who was named Gamika?

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The one who acted representing each village in affairs between villages (marriages , exchanging goods , solving problems)

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What was the priority when choosing a Gamika?

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Wealth and Possessions

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What did Buddagosha Thero mentioned and on what did the thero mention it?

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Mentioned that the gamika was appointed among the householders themselves on the Samantha Pasadika

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9
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Who are Parumakas/Parumakalu?`

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The wealthy chieftains

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What were the two objectives considered when contructiong prolapsed tanks (Ellangawa)?

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Converse water by carrying it to a tank situated below from a tank situated up when it overflowed during the rainy season

Increasing the dampness on either side of the canals to make the cultivation of crops easier

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Who represented all the villages of the tank system?

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The most powerful Gamika/Parumaka

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Who was the first king who ruled this country?

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King Pandukabhaya

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How did King Pandukabhaya ascended to kingship?

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By fighting with his uncles and capturing those areas

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Which city did King Pandukabhaya choose to make his ruling centre?

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Anuradhapura

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What did King Pandukabhaya do on his 10th year after the accession to kingship?

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Marked the rural borderss

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Who did King Devanampiyatissa invited and for what ceremony did he invite them to?

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King Devanampiyatissa invited the Kshasthriyan to Kataragama and Chandanagama to participate in the ceremony of planting the Sri Maha Bodhi

17
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To which tradition did King Devanampiyatissa held his coronation?

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To the Maurya tradition

18
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Which title did King Devanampiyatissa used and from whom did he get it?

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‘Devanampiya’ which was used by Emperor Ashoka

19
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Which Parumakas helped King Dutugemunu to centralize the power?

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Parumaka Velasumana, Parumaka Pussadeva, Parumaka Theraputtabhaya, Parumaka Nandimitta

20
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Who went to Rome during the reign of Bathikabhaya and for what?

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A Sri Lankan ambassador went to Rome and brought back glass beads for a Pooja at the Ruwanweli Saya

21
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Who was the first ruler of the Lambakarma dynasty?

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King Wasambha

22
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Who ruled Jaffna and which plate reveals that?

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Wallipuram Golden plate reveals that a minister named Shrishigiri was appointed to rule the Jaffna District(Nagadeepa)

23
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Name 2 King who had foreign origin

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King Elara and King Nissankamalla

24
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Name 9 concepts of kingship

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*Bodisathwa
*Parvatharaja
*Devathwa
*Veerathwa
*Chakrawarthi (Dominating the whole world)
*Nareshvara (God Eishwara for Humans) (King Kuta Kanna Abaya)
*Alakapaya Maha Raja (King Kashyapa 1)
*Kalinga Charawarthi Swaminwahanse (King Nissankamalla)

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