The Colas c15.17

c15.17

Parāntaka spent many years in reducing the newly conquered country to subjection, and when he felt he was near the end of his task, he wanted to celebrate his success by a formal coronation at Madura at which he was to invest himself with the insignia of Pāṇḍyan monarchy. These had been carried away by Rājasimha and left in the custody of the Ceylonese king, and Parāntaka made an unsuccessful effort to secure them in the reign of the slothful and intemperate Udaya IV A.D. 945-53.¹⁵