2-453: Hāla (r. 20–24 CE) was a Satavahana king who ruled in present-day Deccan region. The Matsya Purana mentions him as the 17th ruler of the Satavahana dynasty. The Maharashtri Prakrit poem by Kouhala , Lilavai (c. 800 CE) describes his romance with a princess of Simhaladvipa (identified with present-day Sri Lanka ). Vijayananda, the commander-in-chief of Hala's army led
4-554: A successful campaign in Ceylon . On his way back, he stayed at Sapta Godavari Bhimam . Here, he learned of Lilavai, the beautiful daughter of the king of Ceylon. He narrated her story to Hāla . King Hāla secured Lilavai and married her. Hāla is famous for compiling an anthology of Maharashtri Prakrit poems known as the Gaha Sattasai ( Sanskrit : Gāthā Saptaśatī ), although from linguistic evidence it seems that
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