⚔ Conquest / annexation
Vijayabahu I expels the Cholas from Sri Lanka
1070 – present · 📍 Polonnaruwa
What it led to: Sinhalese rule was restored with its capital at Polonnaruwa.
Where it happened.
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- 1076 Chalukya-Vikrama era of Vikramaditya VI · Western Chalukyas of Kalyani
Alive at the time
Ramanujacharya
c. 1017 – c. 1137
Exponent of Vishishtadvaita Vedanta
Bilhanaactive c. 1080
Author of the Vikramankadevacharita
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🗂 Era 1
- Medieval IndiaPart of this era
⏳ Periods 1
- Chola & Major Southern KingdomsBelongs to this period
🏛 Kingdoms & empires 7
- Chahamanas (Chauhans) of Shakambhari 650 CE – 1194Existed at the same time (124 years)
- Pala Empire 750 CE – 1161Existed at the same time (91 years)
- Chola Empire 848 CE – 1279Existed at the same time (162 years)
- Ghaznavid Empire 977 CE – 1186Existed at the same time (116 years)
- Sultanate of the Maldives 1153 – 1968Existed at the same time (79 years)
- Malla Dynasty of Nepal 1201 – 1769Existed at the same time (31 years)
- Delhi Sultanate 1206 – 1526Existed at the same time (26 years)
👑 Rulers 3
- Vijayabahu I 1055 – 1110Ruled it
- Parakramabahu I 1153 – 1186Ruled it
- Nissanka Malla 1187 – 1196Ruled it
⚔ Events 2
- Vijayabahu I expels the Cholas from Sri Lanka 1070Happened in it
- Parakramabahu I rules Sri Lanka 1153Happened in it
📍 Places & sites 1
- Polonnaruwa 1070A place of this polity
📄 Research 3
- Political Processes and Structure of Polity in Early Medieval India: Problems o… B. D. Chattopadhyaya · 1985Research on this topic
- The Cosmopolitan Vernacular Sheldon Pollock · 1998Research on this topic
- Forms of Production and Forces of Change in Ancient Tamil Society Rajan Gurukkal · 1989Research on this topic
📚 Books 1
- A History of Sri Lanka K. M. de SilvaRecommended reading