113992242-Dravidian-Settlements-in-Ceylon-and-the-Beginnings-of-the-Kingdom-of-Jaffna-By-Karthigesu-Indrapala-Complete-Phd-Thesis-University-of-London-1965

have been active in Ceylon in the third quarter of the thirteenth
century is Candrabhnu. It may not be wrong to conclude,
therefore, that the JAvka of the Pya inscriptions was
Candrabhuu, that be was ruler of a kingdom in Ceylon for some
time and that he met his defeat and death in 1262, the year
in which the Sinlialese princes entered the old capital, Polonnaruva
It has been mentioned earlier that the campaign of
V!ra Pya in Ceylon can be dated either in the latter part
of 1262 or early in 1263. Since the death of Candrabhnu, on
the basis of the Sinhalese chronicles, appears to have taken
place in 1262, V!rapPya's campaign against the J'ãvaka ruler
has to be dated in 1262 and not in 1263 As Paranavitana and
Liyanagamage believe, the Pyaa were probably the allies of
Parkramabhu II The Pya inscriptions are not clear on
this point. The Kuuniiyma1ai inscription refers to the request
made by a minister, presumably to intervene in the war in
Ceylon between ParkramabThu and CandrabhAnu. It is not stated,
as has been claimed sometimes, that the minister came from Cey1on
449
1 • A. Liyanagamage, . cit.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid. ; U.C.H.C., I, pt.2, p. 627.
k. U. .H.C., I, pt.2, pp. 627, 685.