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Jettha Tissa I of Anuradhapura

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Reign
  
267 - 277

Successor
  
Mahasena

Predecessor
  
Gothabhaya

Father
  
Gothabhaya

Parents
  
Gothabhaya of Anuradhapura

Jettha Tissa I (267 – 277) was the eldest son of Gothabhaya and brother of Mahasena. The live chronicle of Sri Lanka - Mahavamsa describes Jettha Tissa I as a cruel person and states that he, immediately after his father’s death, had all of his father’s court ministers killed and spiked their bodies around the pyre.

Works

The king added more stories to the Lovamahapaya constructed by King Dutugamunu, turning it into a seven story building. and renovated the stupa in Muthiyangana Raja Maha Viharaya.

References

Jettha Tissa I of Anuradhapura Wikipedia