L3 Flashcards

1
Q

What’s Mahasammatha?

A

Majority Will

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2
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What is Janasammatha?

A

People’s will

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3
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What is ‘Kula’?

A

Family

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4
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What was the name given to the chiefs of families?

A

Gruhapathi

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5
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What was the name given to the chief of villages?

A

Gramika or Gamika

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6
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Who was named Gamika?

A

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

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7
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What was the priority when choosing a Gamika?

A

Wealth and Possessions

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8
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What did Buddagosha Thero mentioned and on what did the thero mention it?

A

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?`

A

The wealthy chieftains

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10
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What were the two objectives considered when contructiong prolapsed tanks (Ellangawa)?

A

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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11
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Who represented all the villages of the tank system?

A

The most powerful Gamika/Parumaka

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12
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Who was the first king who ruled this country?

A

King Pandukabhaya

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13
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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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14
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Which city did King Pandukabhaya choose to make his ruling centre?

A

Anuradhapura

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15
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What did King Pandukabhaya do on his 10th year after the accession to kingship?

A

Marked the rural borderss

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16
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Who did King Devanampiyatissa invited and for what ceremony did he invite them to?

A

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

17
Q

To which tradition did King Devanampiyatissa held his coronation?

A

To the Maurya tradition

18
Q

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

A

‘Devanampiya’ which was used by Emperor Ashoka

19
Q

Which Parumakas helped King Dutugemunu to centralize the power?

A

Parumaka Velasumana, Parumaka Pussadeva, Parumaka Theraputtabhaya, Parumaka Nandimitta

20
Q

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

A

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

21
Q

Who was the first ruler of the Lambakarma dynasty?

A

King Wasambha

22
Q

Who ruled Jaffna and which plate reveals that?

A

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

23
Q

Name 2 King who had foreign origin

A

King Elara and King Nissankamalla

24
Q

Name 9 concepts of kingship

A

*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)