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established himself at Polonnaruva, more soldiers would. have
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been recruited from among the Tamils who were resident in the
northern parts of the island. This erhaps is the reason why
both the Pjvaliya and the C1flavasa refer to them as Keraaa
and Dami.as. There seem to have been several South Indian leaders
who were united under 1gha and led different contingents of
mercenaries This may be the reason why the Hatthavanagallavihra-vaisa
states that there were 'many thousands of enemy
forces with their kings, the Coas, Ker4as and the like, who
had destroyed the world and the ssana and were living in
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Pulatthipura', The statement that there were forty-four
thousand Ker4as and Dami3as at the time of their final débcle
as opposed to the twenty-four thousand at the tine of the
invasion also seems to support the view that more Dami.as
8Welled the ranks of the invaders after their initi.al victories
In this period, the invaders from Kaliñga and the Malay Peninsula
appear to have solved the problem of transporting soldiers
from their home countries by hiring mercenaries from the near-by
Tamil and Ker4a countries. Once they landed in tiae island
1. See infra, ::&,
2 • Hat thavanagalla-vihra-vaisa, p • 32.
3. Cf., gv., 80:59; 83:20.