Duṭṭhagāmaṇī

Duṭṭhagāmaṇī

▪ king of Ceylon
also spelled  Duṭugümuṇu 
died 77 BC, Anurādhapura, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]

      king of Ceylon (101–77 BC) who is remembered as a national hero for temporarily ending the domination of the Indian Tamil Hindus over the Sinhalese, most of whom were Buddhist.

      The elder son of a petty Sinhalese king in the southeast, Duṭṭhagāmaṇī made plans to campaign against the Tamils in northern Ceylon by organizing 10 young chiefs to attack. His father opposed the plan and had him bound in chains; he escaped, however, and went into exile until after his father's death. He twice fought his brother, Saddhā Tissa, and won the crown, as well as the state elephant Kaṇḍula, which was instrumental in his later victories. Saddhā Tissa penitently returned and pledged his loyalty to Duṭṭhagāmaṇī's campaign. Duṭṭhagāmaṇī then led his troops and Kaṇḍula north to Anurādhapura, where he defeated and killed the Tamil leader Eḷāra. He later defeated Indian-recruited troops led by Eḷāra's nephew Bhalluka and restored Sinhalese control of the entire island.

      Duṭṭhagāmaṇī constructed the 1,600-pillared Brazen Palace in Anurādhapura and commenced building the Ruanveli dāgaba, a colossal stupa (shrine) containing the Buddha's begging bowl and many of his bones. Duṭṭhagāmaṇī died before the shrine was completed, being deceived into thinking it had been finished by his followers, who had hastily constructed an imitation dome and spire before his death.

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