| i. | The beginnings and the conversion to Buddhism | -543 : -161 | ![]() |
| ii. | Duttha Gamani to Kassapa of Sigiriya | -161 : 0479 | |
| iii. | The mediaeval kingdom to the Chola conquest | 0479 : 1070 | |
| iv. | The Polonnaruwa kings | 1070 : 1215 | |
| v. | The Dambadeniya and Gampola kings | 1215 : 1411 | |
| vi. | The Kotte dynasty and its Portuguese allies | 1412 : 1550 | |
| vii. | The ascendancy of Sitawaka and of Portugal | 1550 : 1635 | |
| viii. | The decline of the Portuguese power | 1635 : 1656 | |
| ix. | The Dutch occupation | 1656 : 1796 | |
| x. | Transition to British administration | 1796 : 1805 | |
| xi. | The British administration | 1805 : 1833 | |
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