page_title: Polonnaruwa Agreement
hierarchical_section_title: Polonnaruwa Agreement
caption_attribution_description: English: Polonnaruwa Velaikkara Slab Inscription. This Polonaruwa inscription is really interesting; it is w:Vatteluttu script (Tamil) with w:Grantha script for Sanskrit words, as was a common style historically. தமிழ்: பொலன்னறுவை வேலைக்கார பலகை கல்வெட்டு. 49 வரிகளில் எழுதப்பட்டுள்ள இந்தக் கல்வெட்டு இரண்டு மொழிகளில் உள்ளது. ஐந்து வரிகளில் அமைந்த மேற்பகுதி சமசுக்கிருத மொழியில் உள்ளன. அதற்குக் கீழ் 44 வரிகள் தமிழில் எழுதப்பட்டுள்ளன. ஆட்சிக்காலம்: 1வது விஜயபாகு அரசன் (கி.பி. 1055-1110) காலம்: கி.பி. 12ம் நூற்றாண்டு எழுத்துக்கள்: தமிழ் வட்டெழுத்து (கலந்த மொழி: கிரந்த எழுத்தில் சமஸ்கிருதம் ) மொழி: தமிழ் விஜயபாகு அரசன் கட்டளைப்படி நகரகிரிதேவ எனும் சேனாதிபதியினால் பொலன்னறுவையில் தலதா மாளிகையை அமைத்து அதை பாதுகாப்பதற்காக வேலைக்கார படையினரிடம் ஒப்படைத்ததாக கல்வெட்டில் குறிப்பிடப்படுகிறது. விஜயபாகு அரசனின் வேண்டுகோளின்படி பர்மாவிலிருந்து பிக்குமாரை வரவழைத்து இங்குள்ள மூன்று பிரிவுகளாக உள்ள பிக்குமார் சமாதானப்படுத்தி, தந்த தாதுவிற்கு வருடா வருடம் கொண்டாட்டங்கள் நடத்துவது பற்றிய விபரங்கள் இதில் அடங்குகிறது.
context_page_description: The Polonnaruwa Agreement was part of the settlement of a dispute between Vijayabahu I and Velakkara mercenaries of Polonnaruwa Kingdom, made after a 1084 revolt had been defeated.
  The agreement is contained in what is popularly known as the Polonnaruwa inscription. The Velakkara mercenaries revolted in 1084, unwilling to fight their Tamil kinsmen after the declaration of war by the Chola empire under Kulothunga Chola I. They mutinied and burnt the palace in the Velakkara Revolt causing Vijayabahu I to flee to Vatagiri. On his return, he defeated the insurrection and caused the ringleaders of the revolt to be burnt in the funeral pyres of the Generals they had killed.
  Vijayabahu then made an agreement to the effect that the Velakkara mercenaries would protect the Temple of the Tooth.
context_section_description: The Polonnaruwa Agreement was part of the settlement of a dispute between Vijayabahu I and Velakkara mercenaries  of Polonnaruwa Kingdom, made after a 1084 revolt had been defeated.
  The agreement is contained in what is popularly known as the Polonnaruwa inscription. The Velakkara mercenaries revolted in 1084, unwilling to fight their Tamil kinsmen after the declaration of war by the Chola empire under Kulothunga Chola I. They mutinied and burnt the palace in the Velakkara Revolt causing Vijayabahu I to flee to Vatagiri. On his return, he defeated the insurrection and caused the ringleaders of the revolt to be burnt in the funeral pyres of the Generals they had killed.
  Vijayabahu then made an agreement to the effect that the Velakkara mercenaries would protect the Temple of the Tooth.
caption: The Polonnaruwa inscription contains the agreement.
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