# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pandukabhaya-of-anuradhapura
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:22:44.204Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pandukabhaya-of-anuradhapura"
name: "Pandukabhaya of Anuradhapura"
slug: "pandukabhaya-of-anuradhapura"
description: "Pandukabhaya was a king of Upatissa Nuwara and the first monarch of the Anuradhapura Kingdom. Pandukabhaya reigned from 437 BC to 367 BC. According to many historians and philosophers, he is considered the first truly Sri Lankan king, and the ruler who ended the conflict between the Sinha clan and the local clans, reorganizing the population. Pandukabhaya was mentored by Pandula and Pandula's son Chandra was his advisor."
tagline: "King of Anuradhapura from 437 BC to 367 BC"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "-474"
deathDate: "-376"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.19
  momentum:             0.2639296187683284
  historical:           8.558533333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "판두카바야"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandukabhaya"
    title: "Pandukabhaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandukabhaya"
    title: "Pandukabhaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandukabhaya"
    title: "Pandukabhaya"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandukabhaya"
    title: "Pandukabhaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%82%A5%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%A4"
    title: "パンドゥカーバヤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandukabhaya"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%AB%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B7%E0%B6%BA_%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%A2"
    title: "පණ්ඩුකාභය රජ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump