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of the RuvanvJ.isya gives the name Jaatppa-kaa Perum-p44
(the Great Temple of the Victor of Jagat3ppa), evidently referring
to the same stpa The surprisingly few and unimportant Ca
inscriptions from Anurdhapura shows that the former capital
city did not remain an important centre under the There
are no Ca inscriptions indicating the presence of South Indian
officials in that city. Even the aiva temples there apparently
did not enjoy the patronage of the Ca ruling class in the
island, But Anurdhapura seems to have attracted the attention
of a few Tamil Buddhists who presumably lived there or weht
there on pilgrimage.
The inscription from Safxgili-kanadarva registers
the grant of land and the deposit of some money on interest
by the army chief Jayamui-n apparently to a temple,
the name of which is not preserved The title Spatik4 as
well as the eI.ement in his name suggest that he was
a military official in charge of some Ca troops in the
Nuvaragam region The inscription is dated in the reign of
Rjndra I. The epigraph of Atkaa, which is dated in the
twenty-eighth year of a ruler whose name is not given, records
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1. S.I.I., IV, No. lkO2.
2. Ibid., No. lko8.
3. See supra, p.qc