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1 Massa - Parākramabāhu II
| Issuer | Dambadeniya, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1236-1271 |
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| Reference(s) | KM# 48 |
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| Obverse script | Old Sinhalese |
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| Reverse script | Old Sinhalese |
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Parākramabāhu II ruled from Dambadeniya — a highland capital chosen specifically for its defensibility during the sustained South Indian Pandyan invasions of the 13th century. His reign saw a genuine literary and administrative revival despite near-constant military pressure, and copper coinage of this period circulated in a kingdom that had been stripped of its traditional coastal lowland centers, including the ancient royal seat at Polonnaruwa.
KM# 48 is sparsely documented in Western references, and surviving attributions rely heavily on Sinhalese numismatic scholarship.