Ancient City of Dambadeniya
The Ruins of the Ancient City of Dambadeniya are found scattered in and around the Dambadeniya Maliga Gala area in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka. History Polonnaruwa Kingdom
(1056-1236 A.D.), the second kingdom of Sri Lanka was abandoned in the
13th century mainly due to its susceptibility to invasions from South
India. Also, the struggles to grab the power of the throne among the
rulers who came after King Nissankamalla (1187-1196 A.D.) had already
put the country's political environment into an unstable
state (Dias et al., 2016). Magha (1215–1236 A.D.) of Kalinga (India) who
came with a large
army from Malabar (Kerala) easily invaded Sri Lanka during this period
and as a result of that, Polonnaruwa collapsed and Dambadeniya
became the new and the third kingdom of the country (Dias et al., 2016;
Sudharmawathie, 2008). King Vijayabahu III (1232-1236 A.D.) was the first king who chose Dambadeniya as the new capital. Monuments Dambadeniya Maliga Gala Palace ruins Maliga Gala …
