113992242-Dravidian-Settlements-in-Ceylon-and-the-Beginnings-of-the-Kingdom-of-Jaffna-By-Karthigesu-Indrapala-Complete-Phd-Thesis-University-of-London-1965

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Tamil country in the Kali year 512 (2590 B.c.) by the Ca 219 prince Kuakk 1a As we shall see in the next chapter, these traditions may reflect the events of a later period and may not go back to very early times The prince Kua1ka,who is associated with varam in the other Tamil chronicles, seems to have lived in. the thirteenth century We cannot, therefore, be certain about the origin of the Tamil settlement around Mu&varam. The CUlavaisa contains a reference to the presence .lf of Tainil mercenaries in Dakkhiadesa in this period. According to this reference, there was a Dami3a army stationed in the district called Raktakra in the reign of Gajabhu II. flattakara has been identified with Ratkaravva, nearly four miles north-west of Kurunga1a and close to the Ca stronghold of Vpiriagara In addition to the above epigraphic and other material indicating settlements of the Tamils in the northern regions of anciant Dakkhiadesa, there are also some place names 1. Mu svara-mmiyam, . vit., p.8. 2. See infra, p32l - 3. See infra, p. 317 k. Cv., 69:6. C.W.Nicholas, 'istorical Topogr p y of Ancient an Yedieval eylon', J. . . . (C. .), N.S., V1 1 1959, p.90.
in the area which point in the same direction. The major 220 difficulty in the way of using this toponymic evidence for our purposes is one of establishing the date of their origin. Unfortunately early records of these toponyms are not available to us. However, the presence of a number of Tamil place names or Sinhalese place names indicating Tamil settlement in an area now largely occupied by Sinhalese speakers suggests that the names are not of recent origin. It is by no means justifiable to assign the origin of all these names to this period. But it may not be wrong to assume that some of them at least originated at this time. any of the Sinhalese place names with the element dem4a may have originated in this period for they occur close to the places where Tarn!]. inscriptions have been found or where the C1as had established their strongholds. Dem4a-divullva, for instance, is about three miles east of Jahananneriya and about six miles north-west of Eriyva, places where Tamil inscriptions of the elventh and twelfth centuries have been found. Dema.a-srakku.ama is about eight miles west of Mahakirinda and. udumuttva, where, too, Tamil inscriptions were discovered. Similarly, Dema.a-dora is about six miles south-west of Nuhunnaru and about eight miles south-west of Pauvasnuvara. Dema4a-nina is about ten miles south of VihrThinna and Demaussa is about six miles north of Vpinagara,
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2 ABSTRACT This thesis is a study o
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4 COTES Page Abstract . . Acknowled
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6 INIRODUCT ION In this work we hav
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8 on this subject is Simon Casie Ch
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10 Unlike the earlier works, Ancien
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12 begins abruptly with the reign o
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14 of the survival of earlier inhab
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16 these were all writtem after the
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18 based his work on the Vaiypal, K
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Ndav4a inscription, dated in the th
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22 determination of the nature of s
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This is especially so regarding the
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26 in culture and language, althoug
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28 to derive the forms Tja and Iam
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30 His third argument is that 'hund
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the Tamil poems cannot be identifie
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34 port is named }Iodouttou The pre
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Our sources undoubtedly indicate th
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38 evidence of the Pli chronicles s
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first century B.0 Although the Mahv
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42 It is as unreliable as the many
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44 concerning any Dravidian settlem
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form of a bounding circle or dolmen
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48 though lesser known, ports of Ku
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vicinity This means that all the ot
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52 defeated the Sinhalese ruler and
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54 influence of the Pallava school
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56 on the 1fahvasa, states that thi
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58 1na 'had the Damias expel1ed' Bu
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to the existence of minor Tamil set
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asentents These aiva ruins of Anurd
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64 to have been an institution of t
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66 or citizens who were members of
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68 that lived in this quarter on th
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70 the term Dem4-kblla to mean 'an
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72 conferred on certain officiala o
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.74 body of indirect evidence, it m
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76 suggest that there were Dravidia
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7r chronicle. That by the tenth cen
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80 India did not consider Ceylon as
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82 b4 with the Xi4igani of the abov
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84 CHAPTER II SL'rTLENTS IN THE PER
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86 arrive at more than what has bee
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88 struggle that went on between th
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90 That Vijayablhu did not have any
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92 large number of Tamil inscriptio
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94 as well as the pariyclrakar, the
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96 peninsula and three are in the K
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98 of a 6trong civilian population
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100 at Periyak4am. With this possib
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of certain taxes for the coat of th
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104 ndra-ca-pi and the cakra-ptyr w
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106 The gifts were made by several
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108 the gift a 1_' by a certain Ara
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110 of the year 1067, mentions a pe
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112 a-ma4alam, to the temple of Kut
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114 set up by officials do not nece
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About ten Siva Dv1es, five Viu temp
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at Nalla-t ai-iakkam, Buddhannehe l
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120 of the tenth century was built
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122 supports him by stating that 't
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124 are known from the Ca inscripti
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126 Pli Pulattbinagara), Koiy'rain1
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128 They reveal the presence of Tam
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130 in provisionally marking those
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132 to temples for the performance
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Ceylon This period, therefore, sees
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136 to them or to their associate b
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138 therefore, date back to about t
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140 on the interpretations of the t
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142 There was also a community of B
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144 to suggest that there was any k
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146 The AifffhIruvar were primarily
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145 that all these bodies were orga
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150 suggest the nature of the work
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152 between the Valafljiyar and the
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the 1a1r,rattir as one of their lea
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153 three lines of this inscription
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158 local and a foreign group. But
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160 to in the V 1kala and VihirhThn
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As pointed out earlier, the period
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164 e) Tiru-ciila-aikkrar (Taniil t
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166 been a aikkra (Pii V.akkr& may
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Page 175 and 176: the Ker4a and ica4ia mercenaries in
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Page 179 and 180: 178 army is said to have been 2, 11
Page 181 and 182: 180 of the southern Maavars' In Cey
Page 183 and 184: 182 general of Parkramabhu I who co
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Page 187 and 188: 186 South Indian artisans found emp
Page 189 and 190: 188 of South India, especially in t
Page 191 and 192: 190 have been a Blow and unnoticed
Page 193 and 194: 192 Even these minor movements of p
Page 195 and 196: 194 evidence of the epigraphs help
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Page 199 and 200: The evidence relating to this perio
Page 201 and 202: 200 inscription we find that the Vi
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Page 207 and 208: 206 around the twelfth century the
Page 209 and 210: 208 consecration name of Ciica..ka-
Page 211 and 212: 210 ut from its occurrences in the
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Page 215 and 216: 214 We also learn that the site of
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Page 223 and 224: settlements here in the period of C
Page 225 and 226: 224 About a mile away from Kanadarv
Page 227 and 228: 22 at Polonnaruva As a result we ar
Page 229 and 230: 228 Nakarattr were probably of Kann
Page 231 and 232: 23 wars against the Cas and had the
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Page 237 and 238: 23U CHAPTER IV STTLEHENTS IN THE TH
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Page 241 and 242: 240 called Sasa vata, composed in t
Page 243 and 244: 242 record, the general Iti repelle
Page 245 and 246: 244 The conquest of northern Ceylon
Page 247 and 248: The CUavaida account of the invasio
Page 249 and 250: Almost inimediatel after the stroph
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Page 253 and 254: established himself at Polonnaruva,
Page 255 and 256: 254 there is no gainsaying the fact
Page 257 and 258: importance of the foreign invasions
Page 259 and 260: 258 and that the majority of the Si
Page 261 and 262: 260 were among the more iportant re
Page 263 and 264: 262 In Paranavitana's opinion, 'all
Page 265 and 266: 264 One could suppose that the nume
Page 267 and 268: It may be recollected that several
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It is not possible to identify the
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1 establishment in the region in ea
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274 anywhere. This poses a serious
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27 who were responsible for giving
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worthy of note in this respect: 278
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280 etymology The account of the se
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and tenth century some villages in
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materials for the erection of lasti
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28G much depreciated as a result of
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288 etymology which attempts to exp
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290 earlier traditions from the lat
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9Q9 Those who went to the island in
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The accounts in the Vaiy!pal and th
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29 The Naavaryar (variant: Mauvarya
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29 that all these castes were repre
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300 These were evidently named afte
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from Kpakanu and Pu.ya-inakIpla-ppa
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301 in our sources. In view of such
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3OGo. Province, the chieftaincies o
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307 In l9kl Geiger published an int
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309 Arier in bewu ten Gegensatz zu
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311 include in their enumeration. P
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313 of warriors or tribesmen who we
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315 of Ceylon. It is even possible
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317 In Ceylon, the earliest work in
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319 C!1avasa. Though at first sight
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321 of Vannis, namely the }iaha-van
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The Vaiyars of the nineteenth centu
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32 came into existence independentl
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In the sources mentioned above Ku.a
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(c) Co4agai a of the Trincomalee Sa
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331 and aspired to the kingship of
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333 enemies had led punitive raids
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335 alias Co.agafiga whds mention i
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337 with not only the renovation of
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33) In the light of the evidence th
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31 Sinhalese settlements that once
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343 According to the Kcar-kalveu, K
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345 Malaiyakam, T4uvai, Toaimatalam
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347 Ppla Kttiram (Bh' la Gotra) and
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34J Ukkiraciñka, , as it ap ears i
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351 as Kantajy, Pakai and Carnpl!r
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353 in the chronicles of Trincomale
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35 va (chieftaincies) may be based
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357 Probably Ki4akkan and possibly
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35 settle ents of Dravidians that s
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361 Ceylon by the Dravidians was no
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1 . structures. A door-jamb from on
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1 to the Tamil population, as in Ja
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36/ Chaggxna (Skmam)finda mention i
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369 The Ker4a origin of this caste
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meanjn mariners or boatmen As a sea
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narrated in the Vaiy and the Vaiypa
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375 presence of Ilukkuva mercenarie
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37' the rest. Consequently we are n
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37 xniyam, the Xaliñga ruler (!gha
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This tradition seems to refer to a
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383 year 512 (2590 .c.) and underto
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385 (Mugwiuvaavana), Villattavai (V
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with Nu&varam in order to give it a
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egion may have been forced to chang
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391 The wi e rea occurrence of Tami
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393 used in the inscription for 'wo
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From the foregoing analysis it beco
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Marumakkattyarn laws of Kera.a and
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399 CHAP!ER VI THE BEGINNINGS OF TH
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401 part of the ia].and in the four
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aside these arguments and shown tha
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405 as well are baaed on the errone
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the account of Ku!aa in some of the
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409 resembles in many ways the lion
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411 bhildren, a son and a daughter.
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413 and the avvaiapva-ifl!lai. In t
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and obtained the arid peninsula of
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derivation of the name and that is
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ecently, there oceurs the name Subh
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This statement is evidently due to
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the basis of certain references in
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d2 Vra-ca1nika, (Ka1ifikar-ma - Kin
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427 the inscription. Similarly, the
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429 P11 chronicle deals mainly with
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431 an island off the peninsula of
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433 been suggested that this may be
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435 obliged to abandon it ' This wo
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43? This is not quite convincing. D
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439 and driven away from the Sinhal
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441 is meant for those who were acc
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443 almost always in poetry, for a
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445 The text of this inscription fr
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447 1vaka to be accused of having b
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have been active in Ceylon in the t
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451 inscriptions regarding the even
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453 Paranavitana takes JAvagama to
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455 No one would say that the latte
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457 If, as we have suggested earlie
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1 the T mi1 chronicles. 459 1. In h
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,.&+ra k.'ro Nia-sagrahaya and the
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a Ca prince named lit'iki riya, wen
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463 The conclusion that Vicaym 1ci
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467 denote some connection with the
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463 nothing is known about this cit
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471 before 1262. As we know, betwee
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These invaders could not be ousted
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473 given protection to the new kin
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CHAPTER VII 477 THE BEGINNflGS OP T
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479 The astronomical details in the
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481 Pya I, began his rule in 115 an
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483 Of these six inscriptions, four
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485 Their inscriptions are not foun
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48? produced in Jaffna, the ancesto
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489 Ramnad who, as the ally of the
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491 Izvaram a sect of Brhm{ns calle
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493 the 7katTya kingdom by the Musl
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aii2rir.ii pairuvarai varavalaittu)
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497 very early tim.e We see, theref
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"4- found in his workAaeema to b•
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501 rTraAgam All these ryae of the
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503 Te 1c!iRi tluk, in the Tinn.v.1
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505 people from ya-nZu These settle
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nearly ten years after the date of
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509 attempting to seize power. Do Q
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511 was the case, the invasion of I
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513 to historians as the kingdom of
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51 and !I.ppam for the kingdoms of
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51? Ma4arial is a compound of two w
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519 also seen that the aa of the in
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521 Dem4a-paaji.ma (Tamil Port) was
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Jafana-en-putalain as a variant of
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525 the island, it was Na11Lr that
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527 does not state whether he was a
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529 But till very recently there wa
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531 that CiA1t2ink,r and flpipafuna
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533 to the use of the vT4 flag in C
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535 which (lands) end in the River
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537 Mracci-r4a has been identified
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539 be subordinate territories of i
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541 kingdom marks the cul mination
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543 in the island in this period. T
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545 the invasions of )!gba and the
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541 of the thirteenth century favou
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549 A SELT BIBLIOGRAPUT A, Tami]. I
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551 15. PLTva1iya, ed. A.V.Suravira
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553 IV. Modern Works (Articles on e
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555 2k. Indrapa].a, Karthigesu 'The
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557 k8. Paranavitana, Senarat (cont
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559 57. Taylor, William, Catalowue
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