Tribes in Ancient India c38.25

c38.25

More Damiḷas were killed by Māna,¹⁰ eldest son of Kassapa II (641–650 A.D.). We then have another gap in the chronology, until the time of Parakkama-bāhu I of Ceylon (1153-1186 A.D.). During this period, Kulasekhara, a Cholian king of S. India, besieged the Pāṇḍyan king, Parakkama of Madhurā, and the latter appealed for help to Parakkama-bāhu who sent an expeditionary force to S. India where they carried on a prolonged campaign against Kulasekhara and his allies, in the course of which the fortress of Semponmāri was conquered by the Sinhalese.¹ Meanwhile, the Pāṇḍyan king had been killed, but the Sinhalese defeated Kulasekhara and installed Parakkama’s son on the throne of Madhurā.² About a century later, a powerful Damiḷa general named Āriyakkavattī laid waste the kingdom of Ceylon, entered the town of Subhagiri, seized all its sacred treasures, including the Buddha’s tooth relic, and returned with them to the Paṇḍu kingdom, then ruled over by another Kulasekhara (1268-1308 A.D.).³