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works testify to the existence of an independent 1r{ndom in the
northernmost part of the island. The rulers of this kl-4gdom are
referred to in these sources as Ayri Shakravarti Iriya Sakviti
Ariyaxaca Varati3and riyar 1
. The first three are variants of
the Sanakrit ryacakravartin while the last is the Tainil form
of the Sanskrit rya. The capita]. of these rulers, according to
the Sinhalese sources, was at flp-pauna (modern JaZfna)
Ibn Batuta visited this northern kingdom in A.D. 13k 1. and his
notice is the earliest clear reference to the kingdom. Of the
Sinhalese references, the earliest is that of the Nikya-sagrahay-a,
written in the last decade of the fourteenth century We have,
therefore, definite evidence in our literary sources regarding
the existence of an independent kingdom in the northernmost
l..The Rehia of Ibn Batuta, p. 217
2. Kkila-sand!a, v. 263.
3. 1. de Queyroz, . cit., p. k9.
4..,pp. 25ff. ;Km.,p.6.
5. Kkila-sanda, vV. 263-26k.
6. U.C.H.C., I, ptl, p. 57.