# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/upatissa-of-upatissa-nuwara
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:52:52.856Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/upatissa-of-upatissa-nuwara"
name: "Upatissa of Upatissa Nuwara"
slug: "upatissa-of-upatissa-nuwara"
description: "Upatissa (Sinhala:උපතිස්ස) was purohita to and a chief government minister under King Vijaya of Sri Lanka. He built the city of Upatissa Nuwara which he named after himself. This became the second Sinhalese kingdom in Sri Lanka."
tagline: "Sri Lankan king of Upatissa Nuwara from 505 to 504 BC"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "-550"
deathDate: "-550"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.938913333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - 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%BB%E0%B6%A2"
    title: "උපතිස්ස රජ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF_(%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%95)"
    title: "উপতিষ্য (শাসক)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upatissa"
    title: "Upatissa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upatissa_(regent)"
    title: "Upatissa (regent)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF"
    title: "उपतिष्य"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upatissa_z_Upatissa_Nuwara"
    title: "Upatissa z Upatissa Nuwara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B0_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C)"
    title: "Упатисса (правитель)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7898185"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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