This was a landmark war and a historic victory that an Indian force had registered so convincingly against a European power. Such was the blow that was dealt on the Dutch that their power collapsed thereafter, and they simply could not establish themselves in India and Kerala after that. Their dreams of colonizing India, too, were completely shattered and they just could not recover after this. They did try to align with the Kollam state and other rival kingdoms of Travancore, but each time were thoroughly defeated by Martanda Varma and Rama Iyen, further adding to their decline.
