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The following is a list of hospitals in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. The biggest government hospitals in the district, known as line ministry hospitals, are controlled by the central government in Colombo .
The Chola conquest of Anuradhapura was a military invasion of the Kingdom of Anuradhapura by the Chola Empire.The period of Chola entrenchment in entire Sri Lanka lasted in total about three-quarters of a century, from roughly 993 CE (the date of Rajaraja's first invasion) to 1070 CE, when Vijayabahu I recaptured the north,east and central Sri lanka and expelled the Chola forces restoring ...
Colombo museum Rajendra Chola II inscription Background Translation (English) Inscription; Pillar inscription set up in the reign of Rajendra Chola II (1054-1063 AD). It records the establishment of a Vishnu temple in the southern part of Anuradhapura, and the donations made to it by an agent of the king. [54]
During his reign, the Chola Empire was prosperous and had a large influence in trade throughout the Indian Ocean. As a prince Rajendra helped put down revolts in Pandya Nadu and Srivijaya. During his early reign he put down several rebellions in Sri Lanka, Rajendra also straightened chola influence and control in Ruhuna in southern Sri Lanka ...
Thus, under Rajendra, Chola expansion in Ceylon began to reach a point of diminishing returns. [48] According to the Culavamsa and Karandai plates, Rajendra Chola led a large army into Anuradhapura and captured Mahinda's crown, queen, daughter, a vast amount of wealth and the king himself whom he took as a prisoner to India, where he eventually ...
English: Colombo museum Rajendra Chola II inscription, 1054-1063 AD. Date: 17 April 2020: Source: Own work: Author: ... Rajendra II; Tamil inscriptions in Sri Lanka
With the death of Rajaraja Cholan I in 1014 CE and the ascension of Rajendra to the Chola throne in the same year. After a lapse of two years, in 1016, Rajendra sent a naval force to Sri Lanka and brought the Anuradhapura Kingdom under his control. [11] Following an expedition to eastern Kerala in 1017, Rajendra captured Kudamalai Nadu. [17]
Virarajendra Chola (1002 – 1070) was a Chola emperor. A son of Rajendra I, he spent a majority of his life as a subordinate to two of his elder brothers, Rajadhiraja I and Rajendra II. During his early reign, he founded a school to study the Vedas, Sastras and grammar, with a hostel for students. [1] He also founded a hospital named Virasolan ...