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eigned, dwelling in Pulatthinagara, nine months' It has been
surmised that this Damia army could not have been from the
Ca country, for Lokevara was no particular friend of the
Cas, as is shown by the subsequent Ca invasion of the
island during his reign Bit it is possible that this Tamil
army was only a mercenary fotice and may have come from either
the Ca or the Pya country. The invasion does not necessarily
postulate an allja,nce with any of the South Indian rulers. The
last South Indian invasion before that of }gha is claimed to
have been led by a P4ya prince Parkrania, who succeeded in
capturing power and ruling for three years
The quick series of invasions which began after
the death of Niaka YAalla culminated in that of gha, who
has been described in the chronicles as a Kliga and sometimes
as a Tamil1 The identity of this ruler has remained a matter of
much controversy. For the present we shall confine ourselves
to the invasion and its results in so far as the Dravidian
settle ents in the island are concerned.
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1. Cv., 80:k7-k8.
2. E.Z., IV, p.88; U.C. .G., I, pt.2, p. 520.
3. Cv., 80:52-53.
k. Cf., V., 80:58; 3:15.