Why it's called Ming-Kotte War and not Ming-Gampola War

It is said that Kotte Kingdom was established by Parakramabahu VI, and was one of the consequences of this war. There are places on wiki (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming%E2%80%93Kotte_War) that speak of Alakeshwara as if he ruled a 'Kotte Kingdom', and is implied that it was there before him.. although he's said to be a Gampola monarch.



That was until coming across the Gampola Kingdom wiki ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Gampola ), which states "The last king of Gampola was King Buwanekabahu V. He ruled the island for 29 years. At the same time, King "Weerabahu II" (1392-1397 AD) ruled Raigama. King "Vijayabahu VI" (1397-1411 AD), who is from the Alagakkonara family, grabbed the throne from king Weerabahu II. The Chinese ambassador Zheng He, who was unhappy with the change of hands, carried off King Vijayabahu VI to China in 1411 AD. The next kingdom was the Kotte kingdom. A separate city was built in Kotte during this time by a noble known as Alagakkonara."

I had no idea that Alakeshwara went by Vijayabahu VI, that's how unlegit it mightve been. Anyways, the fact that 'Kotte' was already becoming a thing, during late Gampola and by the Alagakkonara was a take home message. A foundation for Kotte Kingdom existed, and canonised with further developments from Parakramabahu VI. Kotte was already sort of a canon Kingdom by late Gampola period, and now things are starting to make a bit more sense. Lol.

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