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Almost <strong>in</strong>imediatel after <strong>the</strong> strophes quoted above, <strong>the</strong>re<br />

appears <strong>the</strong> follow<strong>in</strong>g strophe:<br />

thus his great warriors oppressed <strong>the</strong> people,<br />

boast<strong>in</strong>g cruelly everywhere: "We are Ker4a warriors",.. 1<br />

This contradicts <strong>the</strong> earlier statement that <strong>the</strong>y came from<br />

Kalifiga. This is not all. Aga<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong> strophe 70 <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> same chapter<br />

<strong>the</strong>y are referred to as 'D<strong>and</strong>3a warriors' In <strong>the</strong> whole C11lavaisa<br />

account, ha's soldiers are described <strong>in</strong> three places as Keraas<br />

<strong>in</strong> eight places as Daniask <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> one place as Ker4as <strong>and</strong><br />

Damias (Ker4a Dam.i4a) This confusion regard<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> identity<br />

<strong>of</strong> ! ha <strong>and</strong> his soldiers is not conf<strong>in</strong>ed to <strong>the</strong> C11lavaisa alone.<br />

It is found to <strong>the</strong> same extent <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> PUjva].iya as well. In<br />

fact, <strong>the</strong> accounts <strong>of</strong> 1gha's <strong>in</strong>vasion <strong>and</strong> occupation <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>se<br />

two works are remarkably similar so mich so that one is<br />

<strong>in</strong>cl<strong>in</strong>ed to th<strong>in</strong>k that one is based on <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r or that both<br />

are based on a common source. As <strong>the</strong> P1jvaliya is almost<br />

248<br />

1. Cv., 80:61.<br />

2. Ibid., 80:70.<br />

3. Ibi ., 80:61, 76; 81:3.<br />

il. Ibid., 80:70; 81:1k; 82:6, 26; 83:12, 1k, 2k; 87:25.<br />

5. Ibid., 83:20.

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