 Tiya agreed, advanced with his forces to meet the Tamils, and was vanquished by them.The Tamils, elated by their success, advanced towards Anuradhapura and defeated the King, who was forced to abandon the throne and go into hiding in the mountains.As the King, defeated in battle, was fleeing Anuradhapura, a Jain monk ("nigantha" in Pali) named Giri, who headed the arama built by King Pandukhabaya near the northern gate of the city, cried out