[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Colas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1935-colas) › c19.11.3 # The Colas c19.11.3 The Cōḷas c19.11.3 - **Language:** English ### [c19.11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1935-colas.c19.11.3) 1047-51), the \*Mahāvaṁsa\* says³⁷ that he was ‘a sovereign’s son’ from Ayōdhyā, and that after coming to Ceylon he ‘slew Vikkamapaṇḍu in battle and ruled as a mighty man in Rohaṇa for four years. Him also the Cōḷas slew in battle and sent the Mahēsi with her daughter and all the valuable property to the Cōḷa kingdom.’ If we overlook the discrepancy about the place of origin, Kānyakubja according to the Cōḷa records and Ayōdhyā according to the \*Mahāvaṁsa\*, there is a striking similarity in the fortunes of Jagatīpāla of the chronicle and Vīra-Salāmēghan of the inscriptions, and it may be concluded that we have here only one prince mentioned under two different names in our sources.³⁸ But this conclusion is not unassailable; the death of Vīra-Salāmēghan is mentioned in an inscription dated towards the end of A.D. 1046;³⁹ the most critical study of the \*Mahāvaṁsa\* has led to the conclusion that Jagatīpāla began to rule in A.D. 1047 and went on till four years later. So that, after all, the differences in the names and the places of origin of these two princes may mean that they were two different persons who had little in common with each other besides having attained some celebrity in Ceylon as opponents of the Cōḷa regime and met very similar fates at the hands of their antagonists. How these adventurers from Northern India came to Ceylon in search of a career is not easy to explain satisfactorily at present. - [Previous: c19.11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1935-colas.c19.11.2) - [Next: c19.11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1935-colas.c19.11.4) - [Up: c19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1935-colas.c19.11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1935-colas.c19.11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1935-colas.c19.11.3) · Pramāṇa