List of Sri Lankan monarchs

Kings of Sri Lanka

The island and the Kingdom contributed over the centuries various names, including Lamka, Tamraparni, Sinhala, silane and Sarandib; more in the article Sri Lanka.

  • Vijaya 543-505 BC in Tambapanni
  • Interregnum 505-504 BC
  • Panduvasudeva 504-474 BC in Vijitapura
  • Abhaya 474-454 BC
  • Interregnum 454-437 BC
  • Pandukabhaya 437-367 BC at Anuradhapura
  • Mutasiva 367-307 BC
  • Devanampiya Tissa 307-267 BC
  • Uttiya 267-257 BC
  • Mahasiva 257-247 BC
  • Suratissa 247-237 BC
  • Sena or Guttika 237-215 BC
  • Asela 215-205 BC
  • Elara 205-161 BC, king of Tamil
  • Dutthagamani 161-137 BC
  • Saddha Tissa 137-119 BC
  • Thulatthana 119 BC
  • Lanja Tissa 119-109 BC
  • Khallata Naga 109-104 BC
  • Vattagamani Abhaya 104 BC
  • Tamil domination 104-88 BC
  • Vattagamani Abhaya 88-76 BC
  • Mahachuli Mahatissa 76-62 BC
  • Chorenaga 62-50 BC
  • Kuda Tissa 50-47 BC
  • Siva (Sri Lanka) 47 BC
  • Vatuka 47 BC
  • Darubhatika Tissa 47 BC
  • Niliya 47 BC
  • Anula 47-42 BC
  • Kutakanna Tissa 42-20 BC
  • Bhatikabhaya Abhaya 20-9 BC
  • Mahadathika Mahanaga 9 BC -21
  • Amandagamani Abhaya 21-30
  • Kanirajanu Tissa 30-33
  • Chulabhaya 33-35
  • Sivali 35
  • Interregnum 35-38
  • Ilanaga 38-44
  • Chandamukha 44-52
  • Yassalalaka Tissa 52-60
  • Subha 60-66
  • Vasabha 66-110
  • Vankanasika Tissa 110-113
  • Gajabahu I. 113-135
  • Mahallaka Naga 135-141
  • Bhatika Tissa 141-165
  • Kanittha Tissa 165-193
  • Khujjanaga 193-195
  • Kunchanaga 195-196
  • Sirinaga I. 196-215
  • Voharika Tissa 215-237
  • Abhayanaga 237-245
  • Sirinaga II 245-247
  • Vijaya Kumara 247-248
  • Sangha Tissa I. 248-252
  • Sirisamghabodhi 252-254
  • Gathabhaya 254-267
  • Jettha Tissa I. 267-277
  • Mahasena 277-304
  • Sirimeghavanna 304-332
  • Jettha Tissa II 332-341
  • Buddhadasa 341-370
  • Upatissa I. 370-410
  • Mahanama 410-428
  • Mittasena 428-429
  • Tamil reign 429-459
  • Dhatusena 459-477
  • Kassapa I. 477-491
  • Moggallana I. 491-508 in Anuradhapura
  • Kumara Dhatusena 508-516
  • Kittisena 516-517
  • Siva 517
  • Upatissa II 517-518
  • Silakala Ambosamanera 518-531
  • Dathappabhuti 531
  • Moggallana II 531-551
  • Kittisirimegha 551-569
  • Mahanaga 569-571
  • Aggabodhi I. 571-604
  • Aggabodhi II 604-614
  • Sangha Tissa 614
  • Moggallana III. 614-619
  • Silameghavanna 619-628; Beginning of the Pallava Dynasty
  • Aggabodhi III. Sirisanghabodhi 628
  • Jettha Tissa III. 628-629
  • Aggabodhi III. 629-639 again
  • Dathopa Tissa I. Hatthadpatha 639-650
  • Kassapa II 650-659
  • Dappula I. 659
  • Dathopa Tissa II 659-667
  • Aggabodhi IV 667-683
  • Datta 683-684
  • Hatthadpatha II 684
  • Manavanna 684-718
  • Aggabodhi V. 718-724
  • Kassapa III. 724-730
  • Mahinda I. 730-733
  • Aggabodhi VI. 733-772
  • Aggabodhi VII 772-777 in Polonnaruwa
  • Mahinda II Silamegha 777-797 in Anuradhapura
  • Dappula II (or Udaya I. ) 797-801
  • Mahinda III. 801-804
  • Aggabodhi VIII 804-815
  • Dappula III. 815-831
  • Aggabodhi IX. 831-833
  • Sena I. 833-853
  • Sena II 853-887
  • Udaya II 887-898
  • Kassapa IV 898-914
  • Kassapa V. 914-923
  • Dappula IV 923-924
  • Dappula V. 924-935
  • Udaya II 935-938
  • Sena III. 938-946
  • Udaya III. 946-954
  • Sena IV 954-956
  • Mahinda IV 956-972
  • Sena V. 972-982
  • Mahinda V. 982-1019
  • Kassapa VI. 1019-1040
  • Mahalana Kitti 1040-1042
  • Vikkama Pandu 1042-1043
  • Jagatipala 1043-1046
  • Parakkama Pandu 1046-1048
  • Loka 1048-1054
  • Kassapa VII 1054-1055
  • Vijaya Bahu I. 1055-1110
  • Jayabahu I. 1110-1111
  • Vikkama Bahu I. 1111-1132
  • Gajabahu II 1132-1153
  • Parakrama Bahu I. 1153-1186
  • Vijaya Bahu II 1186-1187
  • Mahinda VI. 1187
  • Nishshankamalla 1187-1196
  • Vikkamabahu II 1196
  • Chodaganga 1196-1197
  • Lilavati 1197-1200 (first reign )
  • Sahassamalla 1200-1202
  • Kalyanavati 1202-1208
  • Dharmashoka 1208-1209
  • Anikanga Mahadipada 1209
  • Lilavati 1209-1210 ( second reign )
  • Lokissara 1210-1211
  • Lilavati 1211-1212 (third reign )
  • Parakrama Pandu 1212-1215
  • Magha 1215-1236, Kalinga King
  • Vijayabahu III. 1236
  • Parakramabahu II 1236-1270
  • Vijayabahu IV 1270-1272
  • Bhuvanaikabahu I. 1272-1285
  • Interregnum 1285-1287
  • Parakramabahu III. 1287-1293 (Marco Polo visited it in 1292 )
  • Bhuvanaikabahu II 1293-1302 in Kurunagala
  • Parakramabahu IV 1302-1326
  • Bhuvanaikabahu III. 1326-1335
  • Vijayabahu V. 1335-1341
  • Bhuvanaikabahu IV 1341-1351 in Gambola
  • Parakramabahu V. 1344-1359 in Dedigama
  • Vikramabahu III. 1357-1374 in Gambola
  • Bhuvanaikabahu V. 1372-1408 in Gambola
  • Parakrama Bahu VI. 1408-1467 in Kotte
  • Jayabahu II 1467-1470 in Kotte
  • Bhuvanaikabahu VI. 1470-1478
  • Parakramabahu VII 1478-1484
  • Parakramabahu VIII 1484-1508
  • Portuguese invasion in 1505
  • Vijayabahu VI. 1508-1521
  • Bhuvanaikabahu VII 1521-1543
  • Dharmapala 1543-1597

Kings of Kandy

Threatened by European colonial powers laid the Sinhala kings their residence in Kandy.

  • Vimala Dharma Surya I. 1590-1604
  • Senarat 1604-1629
  • Rajasinha II 1629-1687
  • Vimala Dharma Surya II 1687-1707
  • Narendra Sinha 1707-1739
  • Vijaya Rajasinha 1739-1747
  • Kirtisri 1747-1781
  • Rajadhirarajasinha 1781-1798
  • Sri Vikrama Rajasinha 1798-1815

Kings of Portugal and captains-general of Ceilao

The Portuguese colonialists called the island Ceilao.

  • Philip I 1580-1598
  • Philip II 1598-1621
  • Lopos Pedro de Sousa 1594
  • Jeronimo de Azevedo 1594-1613
  • Francisco de Meneses 1613-1614
  • Manuel Mascarenhas Homem 1614-1616
  • Nuno Álvares Pereira 1616-1618
  • Constantino de Sa de Noronha 1618-1622
  • Philip III. 1621-1640
  • Jorge do Albuquerque 1622-1623
  • Constantino de Sa do Noronha 1623-1630
  • Philippe Mascarenhas 1630-1631
  • Jorge de Almeida 1631-1633
  • Diego de Mello de Castro 1633-1635
  • Jorge de Almeida 1635-1636
  • Diogo de Mello de Castro 1636-1638
  • Antonio Mascarenhas 1638-1640
  • John IV 1640-1645
  • Philippe Mascarenhas 1640-1645
  • Manuel Mascarenhas Homem 1645-1653
  • Francisco de Mello de Castro 1653-1655
  • Antonio de Sousa Coutinho 1655-1656
  • Antonio de Amaral de Menezes 1656-1658 in Jaffna

Dutch governors of Ceylon

Under Dutch and later British foreign rule, the island was called Ceylon.

  • William J. Coster 1640
  • January Thyszoon Payart 1640-1646
  • Joan Maetsuycker 1646-1650
  • Jacob van Kittensteyn 1650-1653
  • Adriaan van der Meyden 1653-1660 and 1661-1663
  • Ryklof van Goens 1660-1661 and 1663
  • Jacob Hustaart 1663-1664
  • Ryklof van Goons 1664-1675
  • Ryklof van Goens Jr. 1675-1679
  • Laurens Pyl 1679-1692
  • Thomas van Rhee 1692-1697
  • Gerrit de Heere 1697-1702
  • Cornelis Simons 1702-1706
  • Hendrik Becker 1706-1716
  • Isaac Augustin Hull 1716-1723
  • John Herten Berg 1723-1726
  • Petrus Vuyst 1726-1729
  • Stephanus Versluys 1729-1732
  • Jacob Christian Pielat 1732-1734
  • Diederik van Domburg 1734-1736
  • Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff 1736-1739
  • Willem Maurits Bruyninck 1739-1742
  • Daniel Overbeek 1742-1743
  • Julius Valentin van Esse Goll 1743-1751
  • Gerard Joan Vreeland 1751-1752
  • January Schreuder 1757-1762
  • L. J. Baron van Eck 1762-1705
  • Iman Willem Falck 1765-1785
  • Willem J. van de Graaff 1785-1794
  • J. G. van Angelbeek 1794-1796

British Governors of Ceylon

  • De Gouverneur van Madras 1796-1798
  • Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guildford 1798-1805
  • Sir Thomas Maitland 1805-1812
  • Sir Robert Brownrigg, Bart 1812-1822
  • Sir Edward Paget 1822-1824
  • Sir Edward Barnes 1824-1831
  • Sir Robert John Wilmot - Horton, 3rd Baronet 1831-1837
  • James Alexander Stewart - Mackenzie 1837-1841
  • Sir Colin Campbell 1841-1847
  • George Byng, 7th Viscount Torrington 1847-1850
  • Sir George William Anderson 1850-1855
  • Sir Henry George Ward 1855-1860
  • Sir Charles Justin MacCarthy 1860-1865
  • Sir Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead 1865-1872
  • Sir William Henry Gregory 1872-1877
  • Sir James Robert Longden 1877-1883
  • Sir Arthur Hamilton - Gordon 1883-1890
  • Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock 1890-1896
  • Sir Joseph West Ridgeway 1896-1903
  • Sir Henry Arthur Blake 1903-1907
  • Sir Henry Edward McCallum 1907-1913
  • Sir Robert Chalmers 1913-1916
  • Sir John Anderson 1916-1918
  • Sir William Henry Manning 1918-1925
  • Sir Hugh Charles Clifford 1925-1927
  • Sir Herbert James Stanley 1927-1931
  • Sir Graeme Thomson 1931-1933
  • Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs 1933-1937
  • Sir Andrew Caldecott 1937-1944
  • Sir Henry Monck - Mason Moore 1944-1948

Governors-General of the Dominion of Ceylon

1948 Ceylon was granted independence, the state retained the British monarch as head of state in the Commonwealth. This was represented by a Governor General.

President of Sri Lanka

With the transformation of the country into a republic on 22 May 1972, the renaming in Sri Lanka.

Prince Vijaya Kalinga (India) Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore Arthur Havelock Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury United National Party Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Chandrika Kumaratunga Mahinda Rajapaksa
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