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| reign = 900–920 AD<ref>Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta. (1958, second ed.) ''A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar.'' Madras, Oxford University Press. 165.</ref><br />
| coronation = c. 900 AD<br />
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| predecessor = Parantaka Viranarayana<br />
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| dynasty = Pandya<br />
| father = Parantaka Viranarayana<br />
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'''Maravarman Rajasimha II''' (''r. c.'' 900–920 AD) was the last major king of the early medieval [[Pandya dynasty|Pandya kingdom]] (6th–10th century AD) of south India. He was the son and successor of Parantaka Viranarayana (''r. c.'' 880–900 AD).<ref>Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta. (1958, second ed.) ''A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar.'' Madras, Oxford University Press. 165.</ref><ref name=":1">Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta. (1929) ''The Pandyan Kingdom.'' London, Luzac and Company. 79-80.</ref> He is the donor of the Larger Sinnamanur Plates.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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Rajasimha was the son of Parantaka Viranarayana and Vanavan Mahadevi (a [[Kongu Chera dynasty|Kongu Chera]] princess<ref name=":4">Narayanan, M. G. S. ''Perumāḷs of Kerala.'' Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013. 95-96 and 108.</ref>).<ref name=":1" /> [[Chola dynasty|Chola]] king [[Parantaka I]] (''r. c.'' 907–55) invaded the Pandya territories in 910 AD and captured [[Madurai]] (hence the title "Madurai Konda", or the Conqueror of Madurai, for the Chola).<ref name=":0">Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta. (1958, second ed.) ''A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar.'' Madras, Oxford -University Press. 167-68.</ref> Rajasimha II received help from the [[Sri Lanka]]n king Kassapa V, still got defeated by the Cholas in the decisive battle of Velur.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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Rajasimha fled the Pandya country and stayed in Sri Lanka for some years. He then found refuge in the Chera country, leaving even his royal insignia in Sri Lanka.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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