The Colas c18.9

c18.9

‘In the six and thirtieth year of the king’s (Mahinda V’s) reign the Cōḷas seized the mahēsi, the jewels, the diadem that he had inherited, the whole of the (royal) ornaments, the priceless diamond bracelet, a gift of the gods, the unbreakable sword and the relic of the torn strip of cloth.²⁴ But the Ruler himself, who had fled in fear to the jungle, they captured alive, with the pretence of making a treaty. Thereupon they sent the Monarch