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xniyam, the Xaliñga ruler (!gha) gave the principality of
Naiu (I4qr) to 'those who bore the flag of the Tiru-kula
vamnicam' (Kurukula vaziaa) As in the other parts of northern
Ceylon, }gha and his associates probably created chieftaincies
in the Mar district, too. The Kurukulas who are the leading
caste in this region were probably among the Tainils who settled
there in the thirteenth century.
As mentioned earlier, some Sinhalese works of
later times and traditions of the Puttalani district refer to
the establishment of Nukkuva settlements on the western
littoral. According to the Sinhalese wors, the area between
the Kalya and the Mya was occupied by the Kk Mukkar
(Mukkuvar) in the time of Bhtika Tissa As we have pointed out,
it is unlikely that the I4ukkuva settlement on this coast
originated at such an early date. The Sinhalese works seem to
refer to a later event. A tradition recorded by Casie Chetty
seems to preserve a germ of truth regarding a !4ukkuva settlement
in the Puttalam district. It runs as follows:-
1. ±!• P . 75.
2. See upra, p. ?j11.