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from some other place to Jaffna, as it.intained by Gnanapragaaar,
for the latter place was weU known as the seat of the 4ryacaavartina
before the time of Zapnml EunrayI's occupation. The
Linhales. eand!a poems composed at the time of this occupation
refer to Sapnml KuiflrayI's sack of flplp4una, which is described
as th. seat of the Iryacakravartins A Vijayanagara inscription
dated Saka 1357 (A.D.1k35), nearly fifteen years before the
occupation of Sapnmal KuuIrayI, mentions th. campaign undertaken
by I ldr46a D.4anyaka to destroy IyI]ppIam (Jaffna) It is,
therefore, clear that in the fifteenth century, certainly in
the first halt of the century, TIppauna or IIppIam (Jaffna)
was the capital of the northern kingdom. When the Portuguese
went to the island, NaUr was the place where the ruler of
Jaffna resided. As we have suggested, it was probably in the
time of &apllmRl Kumlrayl that the court was shifted to
It may not be necessary to treat this as a change of capitals,
considering the close prori-4ty of NallI!r to Tppia-paa4am.
As indicated above, C(1ri-nakar is mentioned as the
capital of the ryacakravartina in the Tamil works of th. fourteenth
century. This is confirmed by epigraphic evidence as well.
1. S.. supra, p ç t4OO
2. S.I.I., VII, No. 778.