6th-century BC establishments in Sri Lanka

sinhalese kingdom in present-day Sri Lanka (543-437 BC)

First recorded Sinhalese royal dynasty that ruled over Sri Lanka

Upatissagāma was the second capital of the Kingdom of Tambapanni, during the Pre Anuradhapura period of Sri Lanka. It was seven or eight miles further north of the previous capital Tambapaṇṇī, which was in present-day Puttalam. The city was established by Upatissa, a follower and senior minister of Vijaya.