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called Na1aTh, that he is said to have destroyed Buddhist
temples in Trinconia1ee Secondly, ?gha is associated with
the building of the Tirukkvil temple and its tanks and with
the invitation of priests to perform service in that temple
K4akka is credited with the renovation of R!varam t
temple and with the building of tanks. Thirdly, Ngha is stated
to have assigned various duties for the different castes of
Batticaloa This account is remarkably similar to the assignment
of duties by Ku.a cta, to the various castes he invited from
South India for the performance of services at the Kvaram
temple. Finally, while K4a kDa is said to have created
the chieftaincy of Trincomalee, the foundation of chieftaincies
in the Batticaloa, Trinconialee, Mannr and Jaffna districts is
attributed to gha
In the second place, there has been a confusion
of the traditions relating to K4akkUa with those about
UkkiracifLkaIj, who may not have been a historical personality.
Ukkiracifika's association with Jaffna is in some ways similar
to Ku ka's association with Trincomalee. The story of
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1. L. P. 3k.
4. Ibid., p. 77.
3. Ibid., pp. 70, 71, 95-97.
If. Ibi ., pp. 7k, 75, bk.