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    Monday, October 3, 2016

    King Elara (205 B.C - 161 B.C)

    Elara, a Dravidian who came from the kingdom of Chola in India outsted the Ceylonese king from power and becoeme the king of Anuradhapura.

    King Elara was a righteous person. Although he was a non Buddhist he respected Buddhism and performed Buddhist rituals. When he was King of Anuradhapura, Kawanthissa had been the King of Ruhunu, the southern part of Ceylon. Kawanthissa had two sons, Gemunu and Thissa. Prince Gemunu later defeated King Elara and become the king of entire Ceylon.

    During the reign of King Elara, certain Tamils or Dravidians of his kingdome commited various offences and even tried to destroy Buddhism and places of worship. King Elara did not tolerate these acts. But prince Dutugemunu, the elder son of King Kawanthissa of Ruhunu who had at the time become the king after his father's death, defeated the King of Anuradhapura in a war. After King Elara's death, Dutugemunu become the King of entire Ceylon.

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