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Tambralinga
First invasion of Sri Lanka
Chandrabhanu's son Phrae Boromadhatu
Notes stupa
References
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Tambralinga
According to the inscription no.24 found at wat Hua-wieng (Hua-wieng temple) in Chaiya near to Nakhon Si Thammaraj,
Chandrabhanu is a ruler of Tambralinga and was of Patama vamsa (lotus dynasty). He began to reign in 1230, he had built the Phrae
Boromadhatu a buddhist stupa in Nakhon Si Thammaraj to hold the Buddha'srelic.[4]
Chandrabhanu's son
Chandrabhanu's son Savakanmaindan submitted to Pandyan rule and was rewarded, he was allowed to retain control of the Jaffna
kingdom while Sundara Pandyan remained supreme emperor of Pandyan. Marco Polo, describing Sundara Pandyan's empire as the
richest in the world, visited the Jaffna kingdom upon docking at Trincomalee, and described the locals under kingSendemain's rule as
mostly naked and feeding on rice and meat. The land was abundant with rubies and other precious stones, although by this stage
Savakanmaindan had stopped paying tributes to the Pandyans. When Savakamaindan embarked on an invasion of the south, the
Pandyan Dynasty under King Maravarman Kulasekara Pandyan I again invaded and defeated his forces in the late 1270s. However,
to further the power of Tamil hard power in the region,[5] they eventually installed one of their ministers in charge of the invasion,
Kulasekara Cinkaiariyan, an Aryacakravarti as the King.[6][7] In the local Tamil language, all South East Asians are known as Javar
or Javanese. There are number of place names in the Jaffna peninsula which pertains to its South East Asian connections.
Chavakacheri means a Javanese settlement. Chavahakottai means a Javanese fort all alluding to Chandrabhanu's brief rule in the
north.[8]
Notes
1. India's interaction with Southeast Asia,by Govind Chandra Pande p.286
2. Cds, George (1968). The Indianized states of Southeast Asia(https://books.google.com/books?id=iDyJBFTdiwo
C). University of Hawaii Press.ISBN 9780824803681.
3. Bennett, Mathew The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval warfare
, p.100
4. Liyanage, A. The Decline of Polonnaruwa and the rise of Dambadeniya, (Colombo, 1968) p.136;
Recuil des
Inscriptions du Siam II, 26, tr.27.
5. deSilva 67
6. de Silva, A History of Sri Lanka, p.91-92
7. Kunarasa, K The Jaffna Dynasty, p.#
8. Codrington, Humphry William."Short history of Sri Lanka:Dambadeniya and Gampola Kings (1215-1411)"
(http://lak
diva.org/codrington/chap05.html). Lakdiva.org. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
References
de Silva, K. M. (2005).A History of Sri Lanka. Colombo: Vijitha Yapa. p. 782. ISBN 955-8095-92-3.
Kunarasa, K (2003). The Jaffna Dynasty. Johor Bahru: Dynasty of Jaffna King's Historical Society. p. 122. ISBN 955-
8455-00-8.
External links
History of Chandrabhanu and the Sailendras
History of Sri Vijaya and Tambralinga
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