The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.327

c8.327

[A.D. c. 916-17. The reign of Kassapa V, king of Ceylon, came to an end, according to Hultzsch's revised chronology, in A.D. 916, or perhaps 917. His successors reigned only seven months, and then Dappula V obtained the throne in 917. Shortly before the death of Kassapa V, we are told in the Mahāwamsa (ch. lii), the Pāṇḍya king, Rājasimha III, sent many presents to, and begged aid from Kassapa against the Chōlas who had seized his country in or before A.D. 909. Kassapa sent over to the mainland an army to his assistance. Rājasimha led both armies against Parāntaka's troops but was defeated and retired leaving the Singhalese to carry on the war alone. But their army was attacked by disease and their general died from it, and they returned to Ceylon.