Concise Mahavamsa Ruwan Rajapakse, P.E., Sinhalanet.com 1
Concise Mahavamsa Ruwan Rajapakse, P.E., Sinhalanet.com 1
Concise Mahavamsa Ruwan Rajapakse, P.E., Sinhalanet.com 1
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<strong>Concise</strong> <strong>Mahavamsa</strong> <strong>Ruwan</strong> <strong>Rajapakse</strong>, P.E., <strong>Sinhalanet</strong>.<strong>com</strong> 81<br />
(Author’s Note: It is not clear what Pandu King got out of this. Probably gold, gems and other<br />
valuable items could have been given to the Pandu King to leave the country).<br />
After Pandu army left the country, King Sena came back to Anuradhapura.<br />
Sena II<br />
(866 AD – 901 AD)<br />
After King Sena, his brother’s son became the King as Sena II.<br />
Army Sent To Pandu Country:<br />
One day when King Sena went to Ratnapasada he saw a pedestal without a Buddha statue. King<br />
asked the bhikkus what happened to the statue. Bhikkus replied that the statue was taken away by the<br />
Pandus during his uncle’s reign. Hearing this King Sena ordered to build an army to attack the Pandu<br />
country. After gathering enough men and manufacturing enough weapons, King Sena built an alliance<br />
with the son of the Pandu King. After all preparations were <strong>com</strong>pleted King Sena sent his army to<br />
Pandu nation in Jambudeepa (India).<br />
King Sena’s army defeated the Pandu army and consecrated the son of the Pandu King and came back<br />
with all the lost treasures including the Buddha statue of Ratnapasada.<br />
(Author’s Note: South Indian inscriptions are found detailing King Sena’s expedition to Pandu<br />
country in India (Ref: Codrington). Annual Report of Epigraphy (ARE), Sinnamanur plates, Madras,<br />
1907, para 6if, and (ARE) Velvikudi grant ib 1908 para 15 if, Epigraphia Indica, xi, No 24, pg 253).<br />
(King Sena built a large wall around the city to protect the city from enemy attack. King Sena repaired<br />
the Manimakala dam in Mahavali river. King built many Viharas in Mahiyangana, Anuradhapura and<br />
Pulattinagara.<br />
Kutthaka, the great <strong>com</strong>mander of King Sena who went to Pandu country built a Vihara known as Sena<br />
Senapathi Vihara.<br />
Rambava stone inscription confirms Sena Senapathi Vihara).<br />
During King Sena’s time period country was bubbling with prosperity.<br />
Author’s Note: Inscriptions were found with names Madura Pala (Ruler of Madura) and Madura<br />
Dunu (Winner of Madura) attached to King Sena.<br />
Request for Lankan Engineers by a Kashmeri King: (Not mentioned in <strong>Mahavamsa</strong>)<br />
During this time period, a request was made by the King of Kashmir (Diavanida) to send Sinhalese<br />
irrigation Engineers to build a lake over there.<br />
(Ref: R.L Brohier, Ancient Irrigation Works of Ceylon)<br />
Udaya II: (901 AD – 902 AD)<br />
After King Sena, his brother Udaya became the King.<br />
Kassapa IV: (902 AD – 912 AD)
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