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ID: 8698221
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8698221

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Kōṭṭe (former nation/state/empire)  Kōṭṭe (former nation/state/empire)

Note: Sinhalese kingdom that flourished in the 15th century. With the arrival of the Portuguese in the early 16th century, Kōṭṭe became the first Sinhalese kingdom to pay tribute to a European sovereign. Rule officially passed to the king of Portugal by the end of the century.

Names:
Kōṭṭe (preferred,C,V,display,Sinhala (transliterated),U)
Kotte (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Shrī Laṁkā (nation)  ........  Shrī Laṁkā (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Western (province)  ............  Western (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Kōṭṭe (former nation/state/empire)  ................  Kōṭṭe (former nation/state/empire) (P)

Place Types:
former nation/state/empire (preferred, C)  ............  1412-1597
kingdom (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Kotte..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 27 October 2016
Kōṭṭe..........  [VP]
..............  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 27 October 2016
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 27 October 2016

 

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