L3 Flashcards
What’s Mahasammatha?
Majority Will
What is Janasammatha?
People’s will
What is ‘Kula’?
Family
What was the name given to the chiefs of families?
Gruhapathi
What was the name given to the chief of villages?
Gramika or Gamika
Who was named Gamika?
The one who acted representing each village in affairs between villages (marriages , exchanging goods , solving problems)
What was the priority when choosing a Gamika?
Wealth and Possessions
What did Buddagosha Thero mentioned and on what did the thero mention it?
Mentioned that the gamika was appointed among the householders themselves on the Samantha Pasadika
Who are Parumakas/Parumakalu?`
The wealthy chieftains
What were the two objectives considered when contructiong prolapsed tanks (Ellangawa)?
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
Who represented all the villages of the tank system?
The most powerful Gamika/Parumaka
Who was the first king who ruled this country?
King Pandukabhaya
How did King Pandukabhaya ascended to kingship?
By fighting with his uncles and capturing those areas
Which city did King Pandukabhaya choose to make his ruling centre?
Anuradhapura
What did King Pandukabhaya do on his 10th year after the accession to kingship?
Marked the rural borderss
Who did King Devanampiyatissa invited and for what ceremony did he invite them to?
King Devanampiyatissa invited the Kshasthriyan to Kataragama and Chandanagama to participate in the ceremony of planting the Sri Maha Bodhi
To which tradition did King Devanampiyatissa held his coronation?
To the Maurya tradition
Which title did King Devanampiyatissa used and from whom did he get it?
‘Devanampiya’ which was used by Emperor Ashoka
Which Parumakas helped King Dutugemunu to centralize the power?
Parumaka Velasumana, Parumaka Pussadeva, Parumaka Theraputtabhaya, Parumaka Nandimitta
Who went to Rome during the reign of Bathikabhaya and for what?
A Sri Lankan ambassador went to Rome and brought back glass beads for a Pooja at the Ruwanweli Saya
Who was the first ruler of the Lambakarma dynasty?
King Wasambha
Who ruled Jaffna and which plate reveals that?
Wallipuram Golden plate reveals that a minister named Shrishigiri was appointed to rule the Jaffna District(Nagadeepa)
Name 2 King who had foreign origin
King Elara and King Nissankamalla
Name 9 concepts of kingship
*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)
