The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. LXIV, Part 1-2, 1976 - Khamkoo

282 Rb:VJEW ARTICLE
The events after Vijayabab's accession are not very clear, but
Suryanarayana then fought with Vijayababu and was defeated. He
retired to Sri Vijaya, where be was given the same high office of Admiral
of the Fleet. After that, probably when Samara Vijaya died and his son
Manabharana became Maharaja, Suryanarayana again went to Ceylon.
Vijayabahu made him Admiral of the Fleet. Then Suryanarayana again
returned to Sri Vijaya, perhaps when Manabharana died. Soon after
he became Maharaja (Suryanarayana I.) Vijayabahu sent a messenger
to congratulate him on his attainment of the 'overlordship of all the
Kataba kingdoms', and Suryanarayana sent his own daughter, Tilokasundari,
to become Vijayabahu's queen. She was the 'charming young
princess of the Kalinga family' of the history of Ceylon; and she became
the mother of Vikramabahu I (1111-32) and Ratnavali, who in turn was
the mother of Parakramabahu the Great {1153-86). The story is told
on pages 63-5 of Paranavitana's book under review.
Suryanaraya na 3 (f)
Genealogical Table VI
TilokaLndari Vijayabahu I ( 1073-111 0)
I
Vikramabahu I (1111-32)
I
Gajabahu II (1132-53)
Ratnavali (m. Manabbarana)
I
Parakramabahu T (1153-86)
So there was goodwill between Sri Vijaya and Sri Lanka.
trade route between the Middle and Far East was kept open, and
Vijayabahu was able to rehabilitate the land and brought peace in a long
reign of 37 years.
The
He was followed by two reigns each of twenty years
(Vikamabahu I and Gajabahu II), but there was trouble and the island
was not unified. Then came, in the words of the History of Ceylon, "The
emergence of Parakramabahu the Greatt wbvP the islan9 came under
one n,1ler once more,