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The Chola conquest and occupation of Anuradhapura was a military invasion of the Anuradhapura Kingdom by the Chola Empire. It initially began with the invasion of the Anuradhapura Kingdom in 993 AD by Rajaraja I when he sent a large Chola army to conquer the kingdom and absorb it into the Chola Empire. Most of the island was subsequently conquered by 1017 and incorporated as a province of the vast Chola empire during the reign of his son Rajendra Chola I. The Chola occupation would be overthrown in 1070 through a campaign of Sinhalese Resistance led by Prince Kitti, a Sinhalese royal. The Cholas fought many subsequent wars and attempted to reconquer the Sinhalese kingdom as the Sinhalese were allies of their arch-enemies, the Pandyas. The period of Chola entrenchment in northern Sri Lanka lasted in total about three-quarters of a century, from roughly 993 to 1070, when Vijayabahu I recaptured the north and expelled the Chola forces restoring Sinhalese sovereignty.
Aggabodhi III was King of Anuradhapura in the 7th century, whose reign lasted the year 623 and from 624 to 640. He succeeded his father Silameghavanna as King of Anuradhapura.
Dathopa Tissa I was King of Anuradhapura in the 7th century, reigning from 640 to 652. He succeeded Aggabodhi III as King of Anuradhapura and was succeeded by Kassapa II.
Kassapa II was the King of Anuradhapura in the 7th century, whose reign lasted from 652 to 661. He succeeded Dathopa Tissa I as King of Anuradhapura and was succeeded by Dappula I.
Dappula I was King of Anuradhapura in the 7th century, whose reign lasted from 661 to 664. He succeeded Kassapa II as King of Anuradhapura and was succeeded by Dathopa Tissa II.
Dathopa Tissa II was King of Anuradhapura in the 7th century, whose reign lasted from 664 to 673. He succeeded his brother Dappula I as King of Anuradhapura and was succeeded by Aggabodhi IV.
Aggabodhi IV was King of Anuradhapura in the 7th century, whose reign lasted from 673 to 689. He succeeded his brother Dathopa Tissa II as King of Anuradhapura and was succeeded by Unhanagara Hatthadatha.
Unhanagara Hatthadatha was King of Anuradhapura in the 7th century, whose reign lasted the year 691. He succeeded Aggabodhi IV as King of Anuradhapura and was succeeded by the first monarch from the House of Lambakanna II, Manavanna.
Aggabodhi V was King of Anuradhapura in the 8th century, whose reign lasted from 726 to 732. He succeeded his father Manavanna as King of Anuradhapura and was succeeded by his brother Kassapa III.
Kassapa III was King of Anuradhapura in the 8th century, whose reign lasted from 732 to 738. He succeeded his brother Aggabodhi V as King of Anuradhapura and was succeeded by his younger brother Mahinda I.
Mahinda I was King of Anuradhapura in the 8th century, whose reign lasted from 738 to 741. He succeeded his brother Kassapa III as King of Anuradhapura and was succeeded by his nephew Aggabodhi VI.
Aggabodhi VII was King of Anuradhapura in the 8th century, whose reign lasted from 781 to 787. He succeeded his cousin Aggabodhi VI as King of Anuradhapura and was succeeded by Mahinda II.His father was King Mahinda I.
Udaya I was King of Anuradhapura in the 10th century, whose reign lasted from 901 to 912. He succeeded his brother Sena II as King of Anuradhapura and was succeeded by his nephew Kassapa IV.
Kassapa IV was King of Anuradhapura in the 10th century, whose reign lasted from 912 to 929. He succeeded his uncle Udaya I as King of Anuradhapura and was succeeded by his son Kassapa V.
Dappula IV was King of Anuradhapura in the 10th century, whose reign lasted from 939 to 940. He succeeded his father Kassapa V as King of Anuradhapura and was succeeded by his brother Dappula V.
Dappula V was King of Anuradhapura in the 10th century, whose reign lasted from 940 to 952. He succeeded his brother Dappula IV as King of Anuradhapura and was succeeded by Udaya II.
Udaya III was King of Anuradhapura in the 10th century, whose reign lasted from 964 to 972. He succeeded Sena III as King of Anuradhapura and was succeeded by Sena IV.
Sena IV was King of Anuradhapura in the 10th century, whose reign lasted from 972 to 975. He succeeded Udaya III as King of Anuradhapura and was succeeded by his brother Mahinda IV.
Mahinda IV was King of Anuradhapura in the 10th century, whose reign lasted from 975 to 991. He succeeded his brother Sena IV as King of Anuradhapura and was succeeded by his son Sena V.
Sena V was King of Anuradhapura in the 10th century, whose reign lasted from 991 to 1001. He succeeded his father Mahinda IV as King of Anuradhapura and was succeeded by his brother Mahinda V.
