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Among the other sections of the Va{k-kraa the
Polonnaruva inscription mentions those of the Valañkai, I1kRi,
Ciu-taam, Piaik4-taam, Vatukar, J!a1ayIar and Parivrakntam.
This mixed composition of the VTi
{kkiras clearly
shows that they were not members of one military caste or
community but were organized more like a military guild. Of
these different sections, the Vaikkras of the Valfika{ and
Ttafikai. were obviously tho8e drawn from the two categories of
Dravidian castes known as Vale lflcei and Içaikai. The ValAkai
laikkras appear to have been further sub-divided into
various sections. In the P4anilai inscription of the fortysecond
year of VijayabThu I (1097), a Vaikkra of the
Vi kid rama-ca].mka-terinta Val_b1 division is mentioned
This division was apparently named after VikramabThu I (1111-1132),
the son of VijayabThu I and bearer of the consecration name
Ca1mka (Pii, Si1megba) The naming of a division of the
army after a ruler indicates that the Sinhalese rulers were
following a South Indian practive
1. S.Paranavitana, 'A Tamil Slab Inscription from P4amftai',
IV, p. 19k.
2. As Vikramabhu considered himself to be the legal successor
of Vijayabhn I, who bore the consecration name of Siri-sañghabodhi1
be would have adopted the consecration name of Si1-megha-vaa.
3. See supra, p.