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dynasty in the Jaffna kingdom. They disagree only in regard to
the identity of this personality. The Vaiy calla him Vicaya
K1'i Cakkaravartti while the Kailyanlai refers to ha as
Cii3ki iriya. In the Y ia-vaipava-rnlai the t o names are
given to the same person. It appears that Tamil tradition resolved
the disagreement among the earlier works by identifying Vicaya
Kañkai Cakkaravartti with Ciñkai riya. An examination of
the accounts in our chronicles shows that the two names may
refer to different personalities and that the Tamil settlements
ascribed to their reigns are also those of different periods.
The Vaiypa]. and the Vaiy refer to the settlements established
by the Tamils as well as by some Kannaas, Telugus and Ker4as
in the Jaffna peninsula and in the Vanni areas of northern and
eastern Ceylon. The Kailyamlai and the ,a-vaipava-mlai
refer only to the settlement of certain prominent families of
Jaffna. These were mainly the official class invited by the
first Aryacakravartin to organize the administration of the
new kingdom.
The accounts of the Vaiypal and the Vaiy
seem to relate to the time of Vicaya Kafikai who may be
identified as Kliñ a ViayabThu alias I1gha. These accounts
appear to preserve some memories of the events of the thirteenth
century, but these are hopelessly enmeshed with traditions of
later events that it is not always possible to separate the