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The conclusion that Vicaym 1ci of the Jaffna
chronicles is gha is further strengthened by other considerations.
In the Sinhalese chronicles it is stated that Ngha settled
several Tamils and er4as in northern Ceylon In the Tamil
chronicles, Vicaya K . Mrai is said to have been responsible
for the settlement in northern Ceylon of people from India But
more important than this is the consideration that the adoption
by the Jaffna rulers of the couchant bull (nandi) as their royal
insignia, Gaâga as their vaisa or kula name and Cifikai-nakar
(Siha-nagara) as the name of their seat of government indicates
the Kliga origins of the northern kingdom The emblem of the
couchant bull (nandi or vabha lfichana), with the crescent
moon above it, was used by the Eastern Gaágaa of Kaliñga, as is
1.
evidenced by the seals of their copper plates as well as by
their inscriptions The kinEs of Jaffna used the same emblem
on their flags and coins On these coins, not only do we find
1. See supra,
2. See supra, ; Tvnt., p. 27 tX.; Mm., p. 37.
3. S.Gnanapragasar, !,pa-vaipava-vimarcan, pp. 60-61.
14• E.I., III, p. 130.
5. ., IV, p. 192.
6. !•' p. 3k; Km., p. 5; ., p. 7; Ki4jai-vifu-t ' tu , v.152;
S.Gnanapragasar, 'The Forgotten Coinage of the Kings of Jaffna',
C.A.L.L.V, pt.4, pp. 172-179.