Kingdom of Kotte

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Kingdom of Kotte කෝට්ටේ රාජධානිය
1412–1597
Flag of Kotte
The Kotte Kingdom at its greatest extent   Kingdom of Kotte after the death of Parakramabahu VIII of Kotte in 1518   The Kingdom of Kotte (under Dharmapala of Kotte) in 1587
Capital	Kotte
Official languages	Sinhalese, Tamil
Religion	Theravada Buddhism
Government	Monarchy
King
• 1412–1467	Parakramabahu VI
• 1472–1480	Bhuvanaikabahu VI
• 1484–1518	Parakramabahu VIII
• 1551–1597	Dharmapala
Historical era	Transitional period
• Capital moved from Gampola	1412
• Disestablishment	27 May 1597
Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Gampola Kingdom of Kandy Kingdom of Sitawaka Portuguese Ceylon

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The Kingdom of Kotte (Sinhala: කෝට්ටේ රාජධානිය, romanized: Kōṭṭē Rajadhaniya, Tamil: கோட்டை அரசு), named after its capital, Kotte, was a Sinhalese kingdom that flourished in Sri Lanka during the 15th century.

Founded by Parakramabahu VI with the help of the Ming,^[a] the Kingdom managed to conquer the Jaffna kingdom and the Vanni principalities, and bring the country under one flag. It led to a punitive invasion against the Vijayanagar dynasty and captured a port.

The Kotte Kingdom was largely dissolved during the Sinhalese-Portuguese War, as it faced attacks from rival Sinhalese kingdoms, the Kingdom of Sitawaka and Kingdom of Kandy. Dom João Dharmapala handed it over to the Portuguese, thus leading to the formation of Portuguese Ceylon. Kanakasooriya Cinkaiariyan and his two son's also returned from Madurai with mercenaries and managed to conquer Jaffna.^[1][2] The remainder was annexed into Sitawaka and Kandy.

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