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

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Genealogical Table VI
Suryanarayana I (Sri Vijaya)
Jayagopta (Sri Vijaya)
I
I
Parakramabahu I (Ceylon)
I
I I I
Pralambasta (Sri Vijaya) Nissamkamalla (Ceylon) = Subhadra
I I d .
Suryaoarayana II (Sri Vijaya) =
I
I
Sarvanga Sun an
Jayagopa (Sri Vijaya) Magba (Ceylon) Pancandi (Pundra)
I
Gandagopala or Chandrabanu III (?)
The story of Chandrabanu, the third of that name to appear in the
records, will be told in Section 18, while that of Gandagopala in Section
19. It should be understood that the Kalinga princes who invaded Ceylon,
Nissamkamalla, Sahasamalla, Lokissa, Magha, Chandrabanu and others,
did so on the order of the Mabaruja of Sri Vijaya. The only reason for
undertaking these dangerous expeditions over sucb vast distances was
obviously not to colonise Ceylon, if I may put it like that, but to hold
the ports so that the trade route between the Middle and Far East could
be kept open. In short, the reason was not political but economic.
17. FROM NISSAMKAMALLA TO MAGHA
Nissamkamalla, the last king of a unified Ceylon until the advent
of Parakramabahu VI over two centuries later, died after a reign of
nine years ( 1187-96), and trouble started at once. In the period of
nearly twenty years before the advent of Magha in 1215, the island had
as many as eleven rulers, of whom the sixth or middle name was
Dbarmasoka. The Pandya and Sri Vijaya factions fou,ght for control
of the island, and the Colas also took a band in the proceedings. It
might make the confused history of Ceylon in this period a little easier
to understand if it is remembered that Cola and Sri Vijaya bad been on
good terms since the Maharaja put Kulottunga I on the Cola throne in
1070, that is, the Indian policy did not envisage any more overseas
expansion, so there was no cause for conflict. In fact, Cola mercenaries
were readily available to the Sri Vijaya faction. Meanwhile in Ceylon,
I