Pandyan Civil War (1169–1177)
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The Pandyan Civil War[3][4] from 1169 to 1177[1][4] was precipitated by rival claims of succession to the Pandyan throne. The Civil War began between Parakrama Pandyan and his nephew Kulasekhara Pandyan and lasted for the next 15 years between successive Pandyan kings. The war gradually spread to the rest of Southern India when the Chola King Rajadhiraja II[1] and the Sinhalese King Parakramabahu I of Polonnaruwa entered the fray and took opposing sides in the conflict, eager to increase their influence in the Pandya kingdom.
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Sinhalese troops ride into Southern India | |||||||||
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Pandya dynasty | Pandya dynasty | ||||||||
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Chola Army Chola Navy Pandyan auxiliaries of Kongu |
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Some Tamil soldiers were killed and injured. | Sinhala commanders Lankapura Dandanatha , Jagathth Vijaya and their officers were killed [2] king Parakrama Pandyan I with many number of his soldiers and many number of Sinhalese Soldiers were killed.[1] | ||||||||
Some Tamils captured from the war were brought to Sri Lanka to renovate the Ruwanwelisaya, Rameshvaram temple plundered by Sinhala army. |
In about 1169, Kulasekhara besieged Madurai, forcing the Pandyan king Parakrama I to appeal to the Sinhalese King Parakramabahu I for assistance. But before Parakramabahu I's army could reach Madurai, Parakrama I had been executed, and Kulasekhara Pandyan had ascended the throne. However, Parakrama's son, Vira Pandyan III, sided with the Polonnaruwa forces led by General Lankapura Dandanatha.[5] The Polonnaruwa Army invaded the Pandyan kingdom and, Kulasekhara Pandyan was forced into exile.