Kalinga Magha

Magha (reigned 1215–1236), also known as Kalinga Magha (Tamil: கலிங்க மாகன், Sinhala: කාලිංග මාඝ) and Magha the Tyrant, is a medieval king of Sri Lanka who is remembered primarily for his tyrannical and oppressive rule. He is identified as the founder of the Jaffna kingdom. Magha invaded the country from Kalinga in eastern India, usurping the throne from Parakrama Pandya, in 1215. His reign saw the massive migration of native Sinhalese to the south and west of Sri Lanka, and into the mountainous interior, in a bid to escape his power. Magha was the last king to have his seat in the traditional northern seat of native power on the island, known as Rajarata; so comprehensive was his destruction of Sinhalese power in the north that all of the successor kingdoms to Rajarata existed primarily in the south of the island.