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statement in the Galpota inscription of Ni6inka Malla, namely
'Lsnk in times gone by ..... thinking it was dangerous and
annoyed' (Lakdiva pera davaa ...... napur yl dh va ..) ,
to refer to some foreign intervention at the beginning of his
reign Kulttuñga III may have taken advantage of the confusion
that ensued the death of Parkramabhu I and invaded the island.
That the conquest of Ceylon was not effected in 1188 is admitted
in a C]a inscription of 119k, in which KulVttufxga is recorded
to have ordered his troops to conquer the island in that year
The claim in the inscription of 1188 is, therefore, an exaggeration
based robably on a futile invasion of the island. It is not
possible to think that any sñccess in this direction was
achieved by the Ca ruler before 1196, the year of Niaf&ka
Malla's demise. Ku1ttithga's next claim of victory over Ceylon
is made in his inscription of 1199 from Tirumikku.i The ruler
of Ceylon in 1199 was Queen Li1vatI, whose rule was chiefly
guided by the able general Kitti. Kulttu.ga(s claim in 1199
does not appear to be altogether unfounded. In a Sinhalese poem
1. ., II, p. ia. ; U.C.H.C., I, pt.2, p.523.
2. .E. . for 1907, Inscription No.288 of 1907 from Tiruviaimarudr.
3. .1., VII, p.17k ; .1.1., III, p.205.