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in a Ca record from Tirumuicka1, of the year 1067, if the
person named Kuruku1attaraiya in it is taken to be a chief of
the Kuruku1as They are mentioned in later literary sources
as having been in the service of ParkramabIhu VI (lkl2—].k67)
But no evidence is available regarding the presence of these
two communities in the twelfth century. The Mukkuvas, as we
shall see later, were Ker4ae and the Xuruku].as appear to
have been from the Tamil country. It is possible that members
of these two mercenary communities were also found among the
many Ker4as and 'Dam4as' in the island during the twe]Lfth
century.
Apart front the mercenary troops who were in the
regular service of the Sinhalese kings, there were also other
South Indian soldiers who were taken to the island as prisoners
of war by the generals of Parkramabhu I. It haa been. the
practise of Sinhalese generals even in earlier times to capture
prisoners during their South Indian campaigns, which were,
however, rare, and send them over to Ceylon Lakpura, the
1. See sura, p.110 ; LD.Ragbavan, The Karva of Ceylon, p.9.
2. M.D.Raghavan, pp. 8-55.
3.
I.43.