Upatissa of Upatissa Nuwara
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Who is Upatissa of Upatissa Nuwara?
Upatissa was purohita to and a Chief government minister under King Vijaya of Sri Lanka. He built a city Upatissa Nuwara named after himself, which became the second Sinhalese kingdom in Sri Lanka.
He had 10 sons and a daughter. According to the astrologers the male child of the girl would get the kingdom by slaying his uncles. It happened to be true, Panduaba became king by defeating his uncles.
Upatissa is a Saaligrama Brahamin according to the puiblication “King Vijaya and his Successors” which is based on A short history of Lanka by Humphry William Codrington.
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