The Five Dravidians

He was a Tamil chief from the Pandyan Dynasty, in South India, who defeated the reigning monarch Valagamba, who had only come to the throne five months before.Bahiya's reign came to an end when his Prime Minister, Panya Mara, killed him after only two years on the throne.Assuming the throne like his predecessors, by murdering Panya Mara, while he was his Chief Minister.Pilaya Mara had the shortest of all the reigns of the Five Dravidians only lasting seven months, being killed by his own Chief Minister, Dathika.Dathika came to the throne after murdering his king Pilaya Mara, for whom he was Chief Minister.
Anuradhapura KingdomPandyan DynastyValagambaSouth IndiaBahiyaPulahattaPanya MaraPilaya MaraDathikaHouse of VijayaList of Sri Lankan monarchsHistory of Sri LankaMahavamsaMonarchsSinhala kingdomList of monarchsby reignQueensFamily treePre-Anuradhapura periodPrince VijayaUpatissaPanduvasdevaAbhayaAnuradhapura periodChola dynastyHouse of Lambakanna IThe Six DravidiansPandukabhayaMutasivaDevanampiya TissaUttiyaMahasivaSuratissaSena and GuttikaDutugamunuSaddha TissaThulatthanaLanja TissaKhallata NagaMahakuli MahatissaChora NagaKuda TissaSiva IVatukaDarubhatika TissaNiliyaKutakanna TissaBhatikabhaya AbhayaMahadathika MahanagaAmandagamani AbhayaKanirajanu TissaChulabhayaSivaliIlanagaChandamukhaYassalalaka TissaSubharajaVasabhaVankanasika TissaGajabahu IMahallaka NagaBhatika TissaKanittha TissaCula NagaKuda NagaSiri Naga IVoharika TissaAbhaya NagaSiri Naga IIVijaya KumaraSangha Tissa ISiri Sangha Bodhi IGothabhayaJettha Tissa IMahasenaSirimeghavannaJettha Tissa IIBuddhadasaUpatissa IMahanamaSoththisenaChattagahaka JantuMittasenaParinduKhudda ParindaTiritaraDathiyaPithiyaDhatusenaKashyapa IMoggallana IKumara DhatusenaKittisenaSiva IIUpatissa IISilakala AmbosamaneraDathappabhutiMoggallana IIKittisiri MeghavannaMaha NagaAggabodhi IAggabodhi IISangha Tissa IIMoggallana IIISilameghavannaAggabodhi IIIJettha Tissa IIIDathopa Tissa IKassapa IIDappula IDathopa Tissa IIAggabodhi IVUnhanagara HatthadathaManavannaAggabodhi VKassapa IIIMahinda IAggabodhi VIAggabodhi VIIMahinda IIDappula IIMahinda IIIAggabodhi VIIIDappula IIIAggabodhi IXSena ISena IIUdaya IKassapa IVKassapa VDappula IVDappula VUdaya IISena IIIUdaya IIISena IVMahinda IVSena VMahinda VAnuradhapura from RohanaKassapa VIPolonnaruwa periodEastern Ganga dynastyVijayabahu IJayabahu IVikramabahu IGajabahu IIParakramabahu IVijayabahu IIMahinda VINissanka MallaVira Bahu IVikramabahu IIChodagangaLilavatiSahassa MallaKalyanavatiDharmasokaAnikangaLokissaraParakrama PandyaKalinga MaghaTransitional periodHouse of Siri Sanga BoVijayabahu IIIParakramabahu IIVijayabahu IVBhuvanaikabahu IParakramabahu IIIBhuvanaikabahu IIParakramabahu IVBhuvanaikabahu IIIVijayabahu VBhuvanaikabahu IVParakramabahu VVikramabahu IIIBhuvanaikabahu VVira Bahu IIVijayabahu VIParakramabahu EpaParakramabahu VIJayabahu IIBhuvanaikabahu VIParakramabahu VIIParakramabahu VIIIParakramabahu IXVijayabahu VIIBhuvanaikabahu VIIDharmapalaSitawaka LineMayadunneRajasinha IKandyan LineSenasammata VikramabahuJayavira BandaraKaralliyadde BandaraKusumasana DeviKandyan periodNayaks of KandyVimaladharmasuriya ISenaratRajasinha IIVimaladharmasuriya IIVira Narendra SinhaSri Vijaya RajasinhaKirti Sri RajasinhaSri Rajadhi RajasinhaSri Vikrama RajasinhaBackgroundOutlineBibliographyTimelineBattle of VijithapuraFourth Buddhist councilTripiṭakaBeminitiya SeyaRelic of the tooth of the BuddhaDipavamsaSigiriyaAnuradhapura invasion of PandyaChola conquest of AnuradhapuraMonarchyVijayaLambakanna ITamil mercenariesCapital cityPoliticsForeign relationsAshokaMahindaSanghamittaGeographyAdministrative divisionsMalaya RataMaya RataRajarataRuhunaCitiesPolonnaruwaAbhayagiri vihāraAnuradhapura Maha ViharayaAtamasthanaJaya Sri Maha BodhiMahamevnāwa GardensMapagala fortressIrrigation networkTank cascade systemPearlsKahavanuPort of JambukolaRajakariyaArchitectureCaste systemConstructionsImmigrationin Paliin SinhalesePeraheraBuddhismBrahmanismTantric Buddhism