The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.s5.7

v3.c29.s5.7

THE successive raids from Southern India, described in volume II of this history, which had thrown Ceylon into confusion during the first twelve years of the thirteenth century, reached their climax in the irruption of the wicked Kāliṅga prince Māgha, who, with an army of Keralas or Malabaris, overran the country, destroying all that lay in his way. He entered the capital, Poḷonnaruva, took its ruler, Parakkama Paṇḍu, captive, and despoiled the city of its treasures. He then ascended the throne under the title of Kāliṅga Vijaya-Bāhu, and ruled over the north central part of the Island for twenty-one years (a.d. 1213 to 1234).