Maya Rata
Ancient Sinhalese kingdom
Principality of Maya Rata
Kingdom of Polonnaruwa
before 1153 Principality of Ruhuna
(504 BC–12 century)
Kelaniya
(3rd century BC)
• 504 BC-474 BC
• 1187–1196
• Established
• Disestablished
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The Maya Rata (Principality of), also known as the Kingdom of Dakkinadesa, was a principality or an administrative region of the Sinhalese kingdom. It was located in the Southwestern part of Sri Lanka, bordered the Deduru Oya. Its last capital was Parakramapura. The principality was disbanded following the formation of the second kingdom of Polonnaruwa by Parakramabahu I.[1][2]
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