South India and her Muhammadan Invaders c8.31

c8.31

In regard to the date of the whole war, inscriptions of the fifth year of Rājādhiraja II, who ascended the throne in A.D. 1171–2² describe it and therefore the war must have taken place before A.D. 1175 which is the date of the Arpākkam grant. According to the Mahāvamśa it commenced some time after the sixteenth year of Parākrama Bāhu.