Vallabhā
PersonUn clan régnant d’Inde du Sud dont le roi fut vaincu au combat par Mānavamma, puis, sous le règne de Mahinda IV, par une armée sri-lankaise après une tentative de soumettre Nāgadīpa.
A South Indian clan. Their ruler is described in the Chronicles simply as the Vallabhā. Mānavamma once joined Narasīha against the Vallabhā king and defeated him (Cv.xlvii.15 ff).
On another occasion, the Vallabhā king sent a force to subdue Nāgadīpa in the reign of Mahinda IV. The latter sent an army under the general Sena, defeated the Vallabhā and made a friendly treaty with them. Cv.liv.12 ff.
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