Maravarman Rajasimha II (reigned 900–915) () was the last major king of the early medieval Pandya kingdom (6th–10th century AD) of South India. He was the son and successor of Parantaka Viranarayanan (r. c. 880–900 AD)Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta. (1958, second ed.) A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar. Madras: Oxford University Press. 165.Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta. (1929) The Pandyan Kingdom. London: Luzac and Company. 79–80. and the donor of the Larger Sinnamanur Plates.
Rajasimha was the son of Parantaka Viranarayanan and Vanavan Mahadevi (a Kongu Chera princessNarayanan, M. G. S. Perumāḷs of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013. 95-96 and 108.). When the Chola king Parantaka I (r. c. 907–55) invaded the Pandya territories in 910, he captured Madurai (hence the title Madurai Konda ("Conqueror of Madurai") for the Chola.Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta. (1958, second ed.) A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar. Madras, Oxford -University Press. 167-68. Rajasimha II received help from the Sri Lankan king Kassapa V, though was still ultimately defeated by the Cholas in the decisive Battle of Vellur(Velur).
Rajasimha fled the Pandya country and stayed in Sri Lanka for some years. He then found refuge in the Chera country, leaving even his royal insignia in Sri Lanka.
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