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Battle of Vijithapura



Battle of Vijithapura
විජිතපුර සටන විය. පුරාණ වංශකථා වල සටහන්වල


The Battle of Vijithapura was a decisive and major battle in the campaign carried out by Sri Lankan king Dutthagamani against the invading South Indian king Elara. The battle is documented in detail in the ancient chronicles of the country. However, they only provide the viewpoint of Dutthagamani and his army, and details are scarce on Elara's side.

After launching a campaign to regain the country from Elara, Dutthagamani captured a number of his strongholds before coming to the fortified city of Vijithapura. A four-month siege ensued, followed by a large assault where Dutthagamani's champions and royal elephant played a major part. The chronicles focus a lot on these ten champions, and vividly describe some unusual "tests" that Dutthagamani carried out to find out their skills.

The battle ended in victory for Dutthagamani's forces and considerably weakened Elara's army, ultimately leading to his defeat and death. The exact location of Vijithapura is unknown, though historians have made some speculations on this. The battle is still regarded by Sri Lankans as a legendary event in the country's history, and has even been compared with victories of the Sri Lanka Army during the country's civil war.

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දකුණු ආසියාවේ ආක්රමණය කරන ලද දකුණු ඉන්දියානු රජුට එරෙහිව දුටුගැමුණු රජතුමා විසින් කරන ලද උද්ඝෝෂනයෙහි ප්රධානතම සටන විජිතපුර සටන විය. පුරාණ වංශකථා වල සටහන්වල විස්තර කර ඇත. කෙසේ වෙතත්, ඔවුන් දුටුගැමුණුගේ හා ඔහුගේ හමුදාවන්ගේ දෘෂ්ටිය පමණක් සපයයි. එරාරාගෙන් රට යළි ලබාගැනීමේ ව්යාපාරයක් දියත් කිරීමෙන් පසු දුටුගැමුණුහි විජිතපුර නගරයේ ආරක්ෂිත නගරයට පැමිණීමට පෙර ඔහුගේ බලකොටු රාශියක් අල්ලා ගත්හ. මාස හතරක වැටලීමකට පසුව, දුටුගැමුණුගේ ශූරයින් හා රාජකීය අලි පැටවුන් විශාල කොටසක් ද විශාල ප්රහාරයක් සිදු විය. මෙම ශූරතාවලියේදී මෙම ශූරයන් 10 දෙනා පිළිබඳව විස්තර කර ඇති අතර, දුටුගැමුණුගේ දක්ෂතා සොයා ගැනීමට දුටු සමහර අසාමාන්ය "පරීක්ෂන" පැහැදිලි ලෙස විස්තර කරයි. සටන දුටුගැමුණුගේ බලවේගයන්ගේ ජයග්රහණයෙන් අවසන් වූ අතර එල්රාගේ හමුදාව සැලකිය යුතු ලෙස දුර්වල විය. ඉතිහාසඥයින් විසින් මෙම උපකල්පනයන් ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇතත්, විජිතපුරය නිශ්චිත ස්ථානය නොදන්නා ස්ථානයකි. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ඉතිහාසයේ පුරාවෘත්තයක් ලෙස ශ්රී ලාංකිකයන් තවමත් සටන තවමත් සලකනු ලබන්නේ, රටේ සිවිල් යුද්ධ සමයේ ශ්රී ලංකා යුද හමුදාවේ ජයග්රහණ සමඟ සසඳන විටය.
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