Chola conquest of Anuradhapura

rdf:langString Chola conquest of Anuradhapura

rdf:langString Chola conquest of Anuradhapura

rdf:langString Pandyan Auxiliaries

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rdf:langString Large number of civilians killed or enslaved during the Chola offensive, Anuradhapura plundered.

rdf:langString ---- Kassapa VI

rdf:langString Disposed Pandyan Princes

rdf:langString Mahinda V

rdf:langString ' Rajaraja Chola I Rajendra Chola I Vallavaraiyan Vandiyadevan ---- ' Rajendra Chola I Sanga varma chola ---- Sanga varma chola

rdf:langString Chola conquest of Anuradhapura

rdf:langString Chola Victory *Destruction of the Anuradhapura Kingdom *Kingdom of Anuradhapura Is Annexed By Chola Dynasty

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rdf:langString kingdom of Anuradhapura annexed as a province of the Chola Dynasty Polonnaruwa made Chola administrative capital in Sri Lanka

rdf:langString The Chola conquest and occupation of Anuradhapura Kingdom was a military invasion of the Kingdom of Anuradhapura by the Chola Empire. It can be seen as an ensuing conflict between Chola and Sinhalese kings after the initial conflict between Chola and the Pandya-Sinhalese alliance during conquest of the Pandya Kingdom by Chola king Paranthka I. After the defeat, Pandya king Rajasimha took his crown and the other regalia and sought refuge in Anuradhapura. The Paranthka made several futile attempts to regain regalia, including invasion of Sri Lanka on a date between 947 and 949 CE during the reign of Sinhalese king Udaya IV (946–954 CE). Therefore, one of the driving motives behind the invasions of Anuradhapura by the Cholas' was their desire to possess these royal treasures. The conquest started with the invasion of the Anuradhapura Kingdom in 993 CE by Rajaraja I when he sent a large Chola army to conquer the kingdom and absorb it into the Chola Empire. Most of the island was subsequently conquered by 1017 CE and incorporated as a province of the vast Chola empire during the reign of his son Rajendra Chola I. The Chola occupation would be overthrown in 1070 CE through a campaign of Sinhalese Resistance led by Prince Kitti, a Sinhalese royal. The Cholas fought many subsequent wars and attempted to reconquer the Sinhalese kingdom as the Sinhalese were allies of their arch-enemies, the Pandyas. The period of Chola entrenchment in northern Sri Lanka lasted in total about three-quarters of a century, from roughly 993 CE (the date of Rajaraja's first invasion) to 1070 CE, when Vijayabahu I recaptured the north and expelled the Chola forces restoring Sinhalese sovereignty.