Lambakarna
Lambakarna (लम्बकर्ण) were ancient people mentioned in Mahabharata (IX.44.74),(IX.44.99).
Jat clans
In Mahabharata
Shalya Parva, Mahabharata/Book IX Chapter 44 mentions the ceremony for investing Kartikeya with the status of generalissimo (सेनागणाध्यक्ष), the diverse gods, various clans who joined it. Lambakarna are mentioned in Mahabharata (IX.44.99)
- दीर्घग्रीवा दीर्घनखदीर्घपादशिरॊ भुजाः
- पिङ्गाक्षा नीलकण्ठाश च लम्बकर्णाश च भारत Mahabharata (IX.44.99)
In Dipavamsa
Dipavamsa, the earliest document of the history of Sri Lanka, states that the following persons came to the island with or associated with Sri Mahabodhi[1]
- Eight Kshatriya who were entrusted with protecting the bodhi tree
- Bodhiguptha and Chandraguptha
- Sixteen Lanka Mahalekhas (Lambakarnas)
- Castes that received golden drums used for royal coronations (Lambakarnas)
The Mahavamsa records that during the reign of King Parakramabahu I, three lambakarnas were sent to south India for a coronation festival.[2] mahalekha is also a term used to identify lambakarnas. Therefore they are either descendents of bodhiguptha,Chandragupta eight kshatriyas or from The gotra lambakarnas.
History
The Lambakanna (Lambakarna) are mentioned as rulers in Sri Lanka.
The medieval period of Sri Lanka begins with the fall of Anuradhapura Kingdom. In AD 993, the invasion of Chola emperor Rajaraja I forced the then Sri Lankan ruler Mahinda V to flee to the southern part of the country. Taking advantage of this situation, Rajendra I, son of Rajaraja I, launched a large invasion in AD 1017. Mahinda V was captured and taken to India, and the Cholas sacked the city of Anuradhapura. Subsequently, they moved the capital to Polonnaruwa.[3] This marked the end of the two great houses of dynasties of ancient Sri Lanka, the Moriya and the Lambakanna (Lambakarna).
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