Rajasimha II (other)
Rajasimha II may refer to: * Rajasinha II of Kandy, Sinhala king of Kandy * Maravarman Rajasimha II, Pandyan king of south India See also * Rajasimha (other) Rajasimha may refer to: * Rajasimha I (other) * Rajasimha II (other) * Maravarman Rajasimha I, Pandyan king of present-day India * Maravarman Rajasimha II, Pandyan king of present-day India * Maravarman Rajasimha III, Pandyan kin ...

Rajasinha II Of Kandy
King Rajasinghe II, also known as Rajasingha II (pre coronation, Prince Dewa Astana/Dewarajasinghe), was a Sinhalese King, reigned 1629 – 6 December 1687; seventh king of the Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka. Rajasingha requested aid from the newly formed Dutch East India Company to help expel the Portuguese from the island, which they successfully did in 1656. By this time however it had become clear to the Kandyans that the Dutch not only intended to expel the Portuguese but to replace them as the major colonial power on the island. This transfer of power is also believed to be where the Sinhala idiom / figure of speech “ඉඟුරු දී මිරිස් ගත්තා වාගේ” ''Inguru di miris gaththa wagay'' (Literal meaning: Like one exchanged ginger for chili) was originated - in reference that the Dutch Rule was much more of a menace to the king and cruel to the people in the island than the Portuguese. From 1645 onwards Rajasingha was engaged in sporadi ...
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Maravarman Rajasimha II
Maravarman Rajasimha II (''r. c.'' 900–915 AD) (Tamil:பராந்தகப் பாண்டியன்) was the last major king of the early medieval Pandya kingdom (6th–10th century AD) of south India. He was the son and successor of Parantaka Viranarayana (''r. c.'' 880–900 AD).Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta. (1958, second ed.) ''A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar.'' Madras, Oxford University Press. 165.Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta. (1929) ''The Pandyan Kingdom.'' London, Luzac and Company. 79-80. He is the donor of the Larger Sinnamanur Plates. Rajasimha was the son of Parantaka Viranarayana and Vanavan Mahadevi (a Kongu Chera princessNarayanan, M. G. S. ''Perumāḷs of Kerala.'' Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013. 95-96 and 108.). Chola king Parantaka I (''r. c.'' 907–55) invaded the Pandya territories in 910 AD and captured Madurai (hence the title "Madurai Konda", or the Conqueror of Madurai, for the Chola).Sastri, K. A. Nilakan ...
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