Birth and Early Life
Elara is described in the Mahavamsa as being 'A Damila of noble descent...from the Chola-country'; various other sourcesname him as the son of a Chola queen and brother of the king Ellagan. Little is known of his early life. Around 205 BCE Elara mounted an invasion of the Kingdom of Rajarata based in Anuradhapura in northern Sri Lanka and defeated the forces of king Asela, establishing himself as sole ruler of Rajarata.
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