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record, the general Iti repelled this invasion but lost his life.
On the other hand, it is stated in the Cflavaisa that in 1209
the Iiandipda Anikafiga 'came at the head of a great army from
the Co.a zn9LIcyt, slew the ruler in Pulatthinagara, Prince
Dhanmisoka, together with the general yasmant and reigned
seventeen days' The invasion referred to in the Miiip! inscription
and the invasion of Anikañga have been treated as identical
and rightly so The claim of conquest in the Pudukktai inscription
may be, therefore, a reference to this short-lived conquest
achieved by G1a troops with Anikafiga at their head. But it is
also possible that it refers to the Ca invasion in the reign
of Lokec. (1210-1211), alluded to in the KoV.ñge inscription
After 1212 neither the South Indian nor the Ceylonese sources
mention any Ca invasion of the island.
Apart front the Ca invasions mentioned above,
there were two other invasions front South India which occurred
shortly before the onslaught of Ngha. One was led by a Sinhalese
aspirant Lokevara, who brought 'a great Damila army from the
opposite shore, brought the whole of Laz3.kA under his sway and
1. .!•' 80:k3-k'+.
2. Cf., A.Liyanagamage, . cit. ; E.Z., V, p . 159 U.
3. C.J.Sc, (G), II, p.1 7.