The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.328

c8.328

Dappula V having become king of the island, Rājasimha, driven to desperation, crossed over to Ceylon, and the two kings prepared for a fresh war against the Chōlas. But owing to grave internal disturbances Dappula had to abandon the enterprise. And the Pāṇḍya king fled to the Kērala country, leaving his crown ‘and other apparel’ in Ceylon. This event may have taken place in A.D. 917-18. Amongst the apparel was ‘the necklace of Indra’, as we learn from the story of what took place later. (Mahāwamsa, ch. liii; see S.I.I. ii. 375 ff, 387.)