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called Sasa vata, composed in the time of LilvatI, there is
an allusion to three invasions from the Ca country which were
Successfully checked by the general Kitti The commentary (sann!)
on. this poem gives certain details of these invasions. It is
stated that on two of these occasions the invading armies landed
at 1vau (Nahtittha) and proceeded as far as Anurdhapura
before they were defeated. On the third occasion, they proceeded
from Salvat (Chilaw) as far as rIpura in Dakkhiadesa. They
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were all defeated by Kitti. Kitti was a general, presumably
in the armies of Par.kramabhu I and Niañka Malla, who ousted
Cô1agaga from the throne and enthroned Lilvati in ]. l97 e
was ousted from power in l2OO ' The three invasions alluded to
in the Sinhalese poem must have, therefore, taken place before
12 0 and probably after 1197. It is,possible, however, that
one or two of the invasions took place in the period before
1197 when Kitti was probably one of the generals of Nia.ka
Ialla. The claim of the cja king in 11 9 was very probably
1. asadvata Sann!, p.5 ; J. .A.S. (C.B.), XXXI, No.82, pp.38k-385.
2. Ibid.
3. U.C.H.C., I, pt.2, p.516.
14• Ibid., p.517.