Chandrabhanu

[1]: 184–185  Sinhalese King Parakramabahu II sent his nephew Prince Veerabahu to handle the unexpected Malay invasion.

[2] But Chandrabhanu's forces, using poison darts, were able to occupy the Jaffna kingdom, the northern part of the island in 1255.

[4] He began to reign in 1230, he had built the Phrae Boromadhatu a buddhist stupa in Nakhon Si Thammaraj to hold the Buddha's relic.

Although King Parakramabahu II (1236–70) from the Sinhalese Kingdom of Dambadeniya was able to defeat him, Chandrabhanu moved north and secured the Tamil throne for himself around 1255.

The land was abundant with rubies and other precious stones, although by this stage Savakanmaindan had stopped paying tributes to the Pandyans.

There are number of place names in the Jaffna peninsula which pertains to its South East Asian connections.