Son of Emperor Asoka and brother of Saṅghamittā, ordained at twenty and said to have attained Arahantship the same day, who led the mission that converted Sri Lanka to Buddhism under King Devānampiyatissa.

A cross-reference note directing readers to Inda, that is, Indra or Sakka.

A king who was father of the Buddha Phussa, also known elsewhere by the name Jayasena.

An ancient king descended from Mahāsammata and the last of a royal line that ruled at Rojanagara, whose twelve sons and grandsons went on to rule in Campā.

A son of King Aggabodhi VII of Sri Lanka who was made viceroy but died young.

A son of King Silāmegha (Aggabodhi VI) of Sri Lanka who rose from general to king, reigning for twenty years and remembered for extensive religious benefactions including temples, images and irrigation works.

A son of the Ādipāda Dāṭhāsīva of Rohaṇa who quarrelled with his father, served under and married the daughter of King Udaya I, drove his father from Rohaṇa, and was later killed fighting his own rebellious sons.

A pious son of King Udaya I, also known as Dhammikasilāmegha, who succeeded to the throne and reigned for four years.

A son of the preceding king of the same name, who fled to India when Aggabodhi IX seized the Sri Lankan throne in violation of the succession, and was later killed by Sena I.

The younger brother and viceroy of King Sena I of Sri Lanka, who suppressed a rebellion by Udaya but cut his own throat after his forces were defeated by an invading Pāṇḍu king.

The eldest son of Kittaggabodhi, ruler of Rohaṇa, who was killed by Kittaggabodhi’s sister.

A son of the Ādipāda Kassapa and brother of King Sena II who served as viceroy in Dakkhiṇadesa, briefly fled in disgrace over a palace intrigue before regaining honour, and was remembered for a miracle involving a Bodhi-tree branch during temple construction.

A son of King Kassapa V and brother of Sena II who put down a rebellion in Rohaṇa on behalf of King Udaya II, later briefly revolted himself against Kassapa IV, and governed Rohaṇa justly until his death there.

Viceroy and probable brother of King Sena IV who succeeded him on the throne, reigning from 956 to 972 and remembered for extensive patronage of Buddhist monasteries and scholarship.

The younger brother and successor of King Sena V, whose weak ten-year reign at Anurādhapura ended when mutinous mercenaries drove him out and an invading Coḷa army captured him, holding him captive until his death.

A son of Moggallāna and Lokitā and brother of Kitti, who later became King Vijayabāhu I of Sri Lanka.

A son of King Vikkamabāhu II and brother of Gajabāhu who fought a series of losing battles against the forces of Parakkamabāhu I, disappearing from the historical record after a final defeat near Kālavāpi.

An officer of King Kittisirimegha sent by him to fetch the young Parakkamabāhu.

A Lambakaṇṇa officer from the Moriya district under Parakkamabāhu I, who led a victorious campaign against Uttararaṭṭha, took Anurādhapura, and helped capture Gajabāhu at Pulatthipura.

A minister and kinsman of King Parakkamabāhu I who lived in the palace and built a hall at Pulatthipura to house the Tooth Relic.

A man of the Kuliṅga clan, married to a cowherd’s daughter, who killed King Vijayabāhu II and seized the throne for five days before being slain by Kittinissaṅka.

A son of Sumanadevī and Bodhigutta who came to Sri Lanka among the escort of the Bodhi tree sapling and was granted an official rank by King Devānampiyatissa.