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

if an Iriya from Rn&varain became master of this
kingdom as the result of an matrimonial a1].iance, the
J1v,1r gr £1vIi or Sav4u people would have referred
to this Ariya and hi. descendants as their lord. The
epithet 'Sav4u-pati' applied to an Ariya-caicravarti in
the )davala inscription can thus be satisfactorily
exptiined on the hypothesis that the rèyal femlIy- into
which the Iriya married was that of the 1
As we have pointe& out earlier, Paranavitana's interpretation
of the titi. of Sav4upati cannot be accepted Consequently
there i. no evidence in the }d.avala inscription regarding a
matrimonial alliasce between the ryacakravartins and the
f41y of their predecessors in Jaffna; and de Queyroz's
information stands uncorroborated. Under these circumstances
ws can take this matrimonial alliance to be only a possibility.
510
Another possibl• manner in which the Iryacakravartins
of Ramnad gained comtrol of the northern )rtngdom in metrm
is by conquest. The successful invasion of an ryacakravartin
around 128k resulted in the eubjuèation of the Sinhalese kingdom
in southern Ceylon by the PIyas It is not known whether the
general ryacakravartin invaded northern Ceylon, too. His troops
presumably landed in northern Ceylon. The ruler of northern
Ceylon possibly continued to be a f.udatory of the PIyas and,
therefore, there was no need. to wage a war against him. If that
1. S.Paranavitana, 'The Irya Kingdom in North Ceylon', p. 199.
2. See sura,
3. See enpra, p.