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the Pya inscriptions refer to the defeat and death of a
Jvaka in Ceylon around the same time, it has been rightly
surmised that these inscriptions and the Sinhalese chronicles
refer to the same incident Paranavitana, who supported this
view earlier, has lately attempted to identify the Jvaka of
the P4ya inscriptions with )gha This change of opinion
has been due to his new theory that gba hailed from 'l4alaysia'
and not from Kalifiga, in In&ia, as recorded by the Sinhalese
and Tainil aources We find this theory unconvincing and agree
with Nilakanta Sastri that it is based mainly on 'vague surmises
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and plays with phonetic similarities' • Recently Paranavitana
has claimed to have discovered epigraphic materials which
conclusively prove his theory until these materials have been
published, we will not be in a position to offer comments on
this theory. For the present, we are inclined to accept the
statement of the chronicles that lgha came from Kalifiga in
India. Consequently, we believe that the only Jvaka known to
1. A.Liyanaganiage, . cit. ; LA.NilAknta Sastri, 'The Ceylon
Expedition of Javarma.n i'a P4ya', . cit., p.520,
2. U.C.H.C., I, pt.2, p. 627 ; S.Paranavitana, 'The irya Kingdom
of 1orth Ceylon', p. 19k.
3. S.Paranavitana, 'Ceylon and Malaysia in Medieval Times',
J.R.A.S. (C.B.), N.S., VII, pt.l, pp. 11I2.
k. K.&,N.Sastri, 'Ceylon and Sri Vijaya', JR.A.S. (C.B), N.S.,VIII,p.12
5. See supra, p. JoI