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Bandāra

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MonarchKing
Queen consortRandolis
Sub king / Heir apparent
Yuvaraja
Other queensRididoli
Wife or ConcubinageYakadadoli
1st Prime MinisterPallegampahê Adikâram Mahatmayâ
2nd Prime MinisterUdagampahê Adikâram Mahatmayâ
3rd Prime MinisterSiyapattuwa Adikâram Mahatmayâ
Chief SecretaryMahâ Mohottâla
Provincial GovernorsMahâ Dissâvas
Royal Household OfficersDugganna Nilamês
Sons of ChiefsBandâras

A Bandâra was a Great Officer in the Amātya Mandalaya, or Sinhalese Council of State, in the Sinhalese Kingdoms of premodern Sri Lanka. A Bandâra was the sons of a chief in the Sinhala Kingdom.[1]

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  1. ↑ Ekanâyaka 1876, p. 298.

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  • Ekanâyaka, A. de Silva (1876). "On the Form of Government under the Native Sovereigns of Ceylon" (PDF). The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 8 (2): 297–304. doi:10.1017/S0035869X00016713. JSTOR 25207732.
  • Knox, Robert (1989). Paulusz, J. H. O. (ed.). An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon (Second ed.). Colombo: Tisara Press.
  • Yule, Henry; Burnell, Arthur (1886). Hobson-Jobson. London: Murray.
  • "A vignette of British Justice in Colonial Ceylon". www.island.lk. The Island. 9 July 2011.