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

The CUavaida account of the invasion begins with
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the following trophes:
'But since in consequence of the enormously accu u].ated,
various evil deeds of the dwellers in Lañk, the devats
who were everywhere entrusted with the protection of
Laiik, failed to carry out this protection, there landed
a man who held to a false creed, whose heart rejoiced in
bad statesmanship, who was a forest fire for the burning
down of bushes in the forest of the good, - that is of
generosity and the like - who was a sun whose action
closed the rows of night lotus flowers - that is the
good doctrine - and a moon for destroying the grace of
the groups of the day lotuses - that is of peace -
(a man) by name )gha, an unjust king sprung from the
Klitga line, in whom reflection was fooled by his
great delusion, landed as leader of four and twenty
thousand warriors from the Klifiga country and conquered
the island of Lafik.l
In these preliminary strophes we are told of the character and
lineage of gha and of the numerical strength as well as the
country of origin of the army he led. By describing Ngha as a
man who held to a false faith, the author informs us that he
was a non-Buddhist. This is confirmed by all the literary
sources, including the Tamil M4 akk4appu-mmiyam He is
described here as a king of the Kliñga line. This is generally
re eated in the other Pli and Sinhalese works and in the
Maakk4appu-nmiyam. But it is contradicted in the C1lavaisa
itself in another place where be is called a Dami3a king
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