Lankapura Dandanatha

Lankapura Dandanatha, more commonly referred to as simply Lankapura, was a Senapati of the Sinhala Army during the reign of King Parakramabahu I. He led an expeditionary force to South India in support of the Pandyan king Parakrama Pandyan I, made Vira Pandyan to get the throne. Parakrama Pandyan I was killed during the Siege of Madurai in the early stage of the war Lankapura and his forces were able to summon a Pandyan prince by the name of Vira Pandyan III who is the son of Parakrama Pandyan I and Lankapura succeeded in restoring the Pandyan prince to the throne, and ordered the use of Sri Lankan currency in areas under Pandyan prince control. After his victories, he was defeated and beheaded by Cholas.