# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tissa-of-upatissa-nuwara
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:46:45.450Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tissa-of-upatissa-nuwara"
name: "Tissa of Upatissa Nuwara"
slug: "tissa-of-upatissa-nuwara"
description: "Tissa (Sinhala:තිස්ස) was king of Upatissa Nuwara from 454 BC to 437 BC. He succeeded his older brother Abhaya after his deposition. Appointed regent by his eight younger brothers, Tissa was to be consecrated king only after defeating his nephew Pandukabhaya. However, he was ultimately deposed by Pandukabhaya."
tagline: "King of Upatissa Nuwara (Sri Lanka) from 454 to 437 BC"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "-450"
deathDate: "-401"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.138085333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%89%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "உபதீசன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tissa_(rei)"
    title: "Tissa (rei)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Tissa"
    title: "Prince Tissa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tissa"
    title: "Tissa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ksi%C4%85%C5%BC%C4%99_Tissa"
    title: "Książę Tissa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B0_(%D1%86%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C)"
    title: "Тисса (царь)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%83_%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%94%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%BB_%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%83_%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%A2"
    title: "උපතිස්ස නුවර තිස්ස රජ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7809638"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump