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

inscriptions and temples have not been discovered in the Batticaloa
district. In the Vavuuiy district, it is only in the regions
bordering on the Trincoxnalee district and the North-central
province that we get a few Tamil inscriptions and aiva temples
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dating to the eleventh and twelfth centuries. But in the Trinconialee
district several Tamil inscriptions and Saiva temples dating
from the Ca period have been found This district seems, therefore,
to have attracted Tamil settlers earlier than the other three
districts. It is in the thirteenth century , with the invasion
of Igha, that widespread Tamil and Ker4a settlements appear
to have been established in these districts.
The establishment of Dravidian settlements in the
Vanni districts is dealt with in the Kcar-kalvettu, Tinkcala-puram,
Vaiy, Vaiyal and the Ya-vaipavazrilai.
The car-kalveu and the Tini-kcala .punam are
both chronicles of the K;varam temple and therelore embody
the same tradition. The account in these two works may be
summarised in the following manner. The prince K4akZaQ,
after effecting repairs to the K!va.ram temple, decided to
invite some families from South India and entrust to them the
task of maintaining the different services in the temple.
1. See supra,
2. See supra, p c I