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kindoin in 13kk It must have been, therefore, founded before
that date Hence we have to place the foundation of the kingdom
of Jaffna between 1236 and 13 L 4. An emination of the events
of this period should help us to narrow down these limits and
to understand the circumstances that led to the rise of the
new kingdom.
We have already pointed out the significance of the
invasion of I4gha and of the events of his regis in the bistorl
of the island !gha began his rule at Poloanaruva in 1215.
It is agreed that he was still ruling there in 1236 when
Par]cramabThu II ascended the throne at Dabadeiya But there
has been some amount of difficulty in determining the date
of his defeat and the duration of his reign. The CUavaisa
gives the length of his rule as twenty-one years In the
Pjva1iya, too, it is generally given as twenty-one years, but
in one version it appears as nineteen (ekunvisi) years It has
1. See supra, p. L-0.
2. See infra, p.Ji ; if the palinrpsest inscription of
Ca.ndrabhnu at Anurdhapura, discovered by Paranavitana, is
authentic, the lower limit for the foundation of the kingdom of
Jaffna can be advanced to 1289.
3. See supra,
lf• tT.C.H.C., I, pt.2, pp. 616, 8119.
5. Cv., 80:79.
6. Pv., p.109; U.C.K.C., I, pt.2, p. 8119.