Bandāra

Monarchical Sri Lanka
Part of a series on the politics and government of the Sinhala kingdom
Royal Court
Monarch	King
Queen consort	Randolis
Sub king / Heir apparent	Yuvaraja
Other queens	Rididoli
Wife or Concubinage	Yakadadoli
Amātya Mandalaya (Council of State)
1st Prime Minister	Pallegampahê Adikâram Mahatmayâ
2nd Prime Minister	Udagampahê Adikâram Mahatmayâ
3rd Prime Minister	Siyapattuwa Adikâram Mahatmayâ
Chief Secretary	Mahâ Mohottâla
Provincial Governors	Mahâ Dissâvas
Royal Household Officers	Dugganna Nilamês
Sons of Chiefs	Bandâras
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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.

See also

• Radala
• Sri Lankan titles

References

Bibliography

• 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.

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