Kingdom of Kotte
The era in which King Parákramabáhu VI (1412–1467)—who was the last native sovereign to unify all of Sri Lanka under one rule—was ruling the Kingdom of Kotte is well known as the golden era of Sinhala poetry. The great poetry collections such as "Kavyashekaraya", "Panchikapradipikawa" of "Sri Rahula", "Guththila Kavyaya" of "Weththewe", "Budugunalankaraya", "Loweda Sangarawa" of "Vidagama Maithriya", "Elushilo shathakaya", and the five "Sandesha Kavyayas" (messenger poetry) viz. "Parevi Sandeshaya", "Selalihini Sandeshaya", "Gira Sandeshaya", "Hansa Sandeshaya", and "Kokila sandeshaya" were compiled in this era. "Saddharmarathnakaraya" is the only work created fully in the Kotte era. It is considered the last link in a chain of great literary work, including "Amawathura", "Buthsarana", Saddharmarathnawaliya", "Pujawaliya", and "Saddharmalankaraya".