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who , with his chief N4a Nuda].iy and a host of Tamils,
appropriated the territory between the Ka1 Oya and the I Oya.
These Tamils are also called the Kka !kkaru. The above area
was peopled by Tamils, chief among whom were the }ukkuvar, in
the time of Portuguese rule. The account of the invasion of the
Kka Mukkaru is not found in any of the earlier Sinhalese
chronicles. It appears to have been based on a later event
connected with the settlement of the 1Iukkuvar in the northwestern
coast. In the !a-vaipava-mlai, 'the fishers caUed
Mukkukar' are stated to have been settled in the ports and
coastal regions (karai-tu .aik4) of the Jaffna peninsula in the
time of Pau (k33-k38). On account of their disrespect for
and defilement of aiva temples, it is said, they were punished
by Pa4u and driven away to Batticaloa where they settled in
places likePPakai (PThama) and Valaiyiavu Ucuma, and Cnta,,
are mentioned as two of the Nukkuva chiefs who were punished in
this manner and who later established Nu.kkuva settlements in
Batticaloa. It is also stated that the places Ucuma-tuLai
and Cnta-k4am in Jaffna were two of the )iukkuva settlements
that were abandoned This story in the Y ia-vaip ava- n1 ]. i
has certain similarities with the story of two Mukkuva chiefs
1. Yvm., pp. 9-10.
2. Ibid., P . 10.