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

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were among <strong>the</strong> more iportant results <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>vasion <strong>and</strong><br />

occupation <strong>of</strong> )gha. These directly helped <strong>the</strong> transformation<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>rn <strong>and</strong> eastern parts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> isl<strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>to areas<br />

predom<strong>in</strong>antly settled by Tamils. The <strong>in</strong>vasion <strong>of</strong> ?4gha may,<br />

<strong>the</strong>refore, be considered to be <strong>the</strong> most important factor that<br />

helped <strong>the</strong> establishment <strong>of</strong> more Tamil settlements <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> isl<strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> thirteenth century.<br />

After <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>vasion <strong>of</strong> )gha <strong>and</strong> before <strong>the</strong> rise<br />

<strong>of</strong> a dynasty from <strong>the</strong> Tamil country <strong>in</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>rn <strong>Ceylon</strong> at <strong>the</strong><br />

turn <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> thirteenth century <strong>the</strong>re were more than five foreign<br />

<strong>in</strong>vasions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> isl<strong>and</strong>. All except one were undertaken with<br />

<strong>the</strong> help <strong>of</strong> South Indian troops, thas br<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> more South<br />

Indians to <strong>the</strong> isl<strong>and</strong>. The first o <strong>the</strong>se was <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>vasion <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Jvaka ruler C<strong>and</strong>rabhnu <strong>in</strong> l2k7 This expedition <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Jvaka ruler was undertaken with Jvaka troops from his k<strong>in</strong>gdom,<br />

accord<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>the</strong> Clavaiisa <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pjva].iya The next <strong>in</strong>vasion<br />

was that <strong>of</strong> Javarma Sundara P4y4some time before 1258.<br />

This does not f<strong>in</strong>d mention <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Clavaisa but some <strong>in</strong>scriptions<br />

<strong>of</strong> Sundara Pya dat<strong>in</strong>g from 1258 claim that he exacted<br />

1. UC. .C., I, pt.2, pp. 622-625 ; A.tLiyana amage, . cit.<br />

2. Cv., 83:36-37 ; Pv., p. 117.

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