By this incident he got his name Karikala.After his escape from the prison he fought with Cheras and Pandyas in which the Pandya was killed by Karikala
and Chera king Cheramaan Perunjcheralathan escaped to forest and died of starvation.This battle was famously known as the BATTLE OF VENNI.Karikala became the emperor of the country.Karikala was one of the few kings who won the whole of Ceylon. At the place of Vaagai Perundhalai he defeated a group of nine short kings.
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