Rajasimha III ruled from c. AD 900 to 920

Rajasimha III ruled from c. AD 900 to 920. He was the donor of the larger Sirinamanur plates. His achievments are detailed in these plates.

This Pandyas is credited with the victory of Ulappilimangalam and Vanji and with having succesfully fought the rulers of Tanjavur and Kodumbalur. Rajasimha III endowed many Jaina temples and monasteries.’ The later part of his reign witnessed the beginning of the overwhelming of the Pandyas by the Cholas.

Rajasimha III was convincingly defeated by the Chola Parantaka I who earned the title Maduraikonda Parantaka.

The Pandyan tried to avert disaster by obtaining Ceylonese help but Parantaka defeated the combined forces of the Pandyas and the Ceylonese and assumed the appropriate title Maduraiyum Ilamum Kotida. The Pandya left for Ceylon, stayed there for some time and finally left for Kerala, the home of his mother.