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44'i<br />

The campaign <strong>of</strong> Sundara Pçtya, some time before 1258, was<br />

probably directed aga<strong>in</strong>st this Cvaka <strong>and</strong> this may be <strong>the</strong> reason<br />

why <strong>the</strong> S<strong>in</strong>halese chroniclers took no notice <strong>of</strong> it. The reference<br />

<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Ku4uzniymalai <strong>in</strong>scription to '<strong>the</strong> son <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> vaka, who<br />

bad formerly disregarded commnnds <strong>and</strong> ev<strong>in</strong>ced hostility' seems<br />

to support this conclusion. For, <strong>the</strong> person who was recalcitrant<br />

was <strong>the</strong> Jvaka <strong>and</strong> not his son, as some are <strong>in</strong>cl<strong>in</strong>ed to take.<br />

The phrase 'who had formerly disregarded comrnnds <strong>and</strong>. ev<strong>in</strong>ced<br />

S<br />

hostility' qualifies Svaka <strong>and</strong> not <strong>the</strong> 'son <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Zvaka'.<br />

The Jvaka was killed <strong>in</strong> battle <strong>in</strong> or about 1262. Then <strong>the</strong> son<br />

was placed on <strong>the</strong> throne by <strong>the</strong> Pya ruler. Before this<br />

event, <strong>the</strong> P4ya's conim ds would have been directed to <strong>the</strong><br />

fa<strong>the</strong>r <strong>and</strong> not to <strong>the</strong> son. It is not possible that <strong>the</strong> son is<br />

accused <strong>in</strong> our record <strong>of</strong> hav<strong>in</strong>g formerly disregarded comm<strong>and</strong>s'.<br />

It is <strong>the</strong> fa<strong>the</strong>r who would have disregarded commnnds earlier<br />

<strong>and</strong> paid for it with his life. Once <strong>the</strong> fa<strong>the</strong>r was punished,<br />

<strong>the</strong> son was given full royal honours <strong>and</strong> placed on <strong>the</strong> throne,<br />

'because it was thought that it was only proper that <strong>the</strong> son<br />

should rule am, surrounded by <strong>the</strong> vast sea, which was ruled<br />

by his fa<strong>the</strong>r' It folOows, <strong>the</strong>refore, that it was <strong>the</strong> fa<strong>the</strong>r<br />

<strong>and</strong> not <strong>the</strong> son who was recalcitrant earlier. For <strong>the</strong> elder<br />

S<br />

1. Nili1ranta Saetri's render<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> this phrase is not quite<br />

accurate; 'which was formerly ruled by his fa<strong>the</strong>r' should<br />

read 'which was ruled by his fa<strong>the</strong>r'.

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