The Colas c15.16

c15.16

Rājasimha proceeded to Kērala from Ceylon because it was the home of his mother Vānavan-mahādēvi.¹⁴ The rulers of Kēraḷa were in such close political alliance with the Cōḷas in this period, that Rājasimha depended more on the Ceylonese king for help in the first instance, and went to Kērala only as a last resort, even then leaving his crown and other valuables behind in Ceylon. The flight of Rājasimha may be dated, following the chronology of the *Mahāvamsa*, sometime between the sixteenth and the twenty-sixth year of Parāntaka's reign.