On the Chronicles of Ceylon

I. Chonological Position – 49
Dharmakīrti with special reference to the Buddhist sects. His
teacher, Dharmakīrti, was an illustrious monk who caused to be built
a vihāra called Saddhammatilaka in the village [27] known by the
name of Gaḍalādeṇiya when king Bhuvanekabāhu was reigning in
the city of Gaṅgasiripura. The chronicle was written in the reign of
Vīrabāhu II the Nikāyasaṅgraha tells us that in the twentieth year of
the reign of Bhuvanekabāhu V (A.D. 1396), his cousin, prince
Vīrabāhu became king, most probably of the central part of Ceylon,
as Vīrabāhu II. It places the accession of king Parākramabāhu II in
1809 B.E. or A.D. 1266. It tells us also that Alakeswara, evidently a
minister to king Bhuvanekabāhu V, was the builder of the new
Jayavardhanapura on the site of a village called Daragamuwa
(Dvāragāma). 90
(f) Saddharmaratnākara
It is another traditional history of Buddhism written in Sinhalese
shortly after the period represented by the Nikāyasaṅgraha. A clear
idea of its date of composition may be gathered from the fact that in
it Vīrabāhu is said to have been preceded in his office by his brother
Vīra Alakeswara, and earlier by a son of Alakeswara the Viceroy.
Vīrabāhu was succeeded in his office by two others previous to the
return of his brother, Vīra Alakeswara from India. According to the
Saddharmaratnākara his successor was a prince of the
Mehenavaravaṁsa and was Epāṇa, a fact which finds its
corroboration in the Chinese chronicles stating that Vīrabāhu was
90 Nikāyasaṅgraha, translated by C.M. Fernando, pp. xivff.