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Jettha Tissa I (aka Detuthis I) (267 – 277) was the eldest son of Gothabhaya and brother of Mahasena. The live chronicle of Sri Lanka – Mahavamsa describes Jettha Tissa I as a cruel person and states that he immediately after his father’s death had all of his father’s court ministers killed and spiked their bodies around the pyre.

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