Resistance To The Chola
The Chola force traveled the whole of Ruhuna to find Kassapa, but he was successfully protected by his adherents. As the Chola were looking for the prince, two Sinhalese generals launched attacks against the Chola, and forced them to retreat back to Polonnaruwa after six months of warfare. Thereafter Kassapa assumed sovereignty over Sri Lanka under the name of Vikramabahu, but he only had factual control over the Ruhuna principality.
Vikramabahu proceeded to build loyalty and adherence to himself, and began to acquire military resources for a drawn out defensive conflict with the Chola. Initially the Chola weren’t particularly concerned with stamping out the resistance organized by Vikramabahu, although they did carry out occasional raids into Ruhuna.
Around the same time in south India, resistance to the Chola was increasing in the conquered kingdoms of Pandya and Kerala. It is possible that the 3 conquered kingdoms, Sri Lanka, Pandya and Kerala were in contact with each other. Vikramabahu's preparations for battle were protracted, and it wasn’t until at least eight years later that he was ready for battle. However before he could launch an assault on the Chola, he fell ill and died while he was at Devundara. The year of his death has been placed between 1037 and 1041 by historians.
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