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But till very recently there was no contemporary evidence regarding
the capital of the northern kingdom in the thirteenth century,
that is, during the early decades of its existence. But the
Sanskrit inscription from Anurdhapura, recently deciphered by
Paranavitana as we have already noted, refers to Subha-pkana,
identifiable with Jaffna. Subha-pafana is the £anskrit rendering
of flpIpauna and, if we are to accept the decipherment of
Paranavitana, we have to conclude that in the early years of its
existence, too, the capital of the rulers of the northern
kingdom was flpIpauna or flppam. This would mean. that in
the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries flIp4una was the capital.
In the fourteenth century it was Cif&kai or Ci-fikLi--nakar. Was
C1-k1, therefore, another name for flpIpauna I The answer
seems tobbe in the affirmative. Inscriptions of.4.rikari
Parkrama PI.ya (lk22-].1+6l), belonging to the period between
11149 and 11+51+, refer to the victories won at c{Mei and. Aurai
(Anurdhapura) It would appear, therefore, that in the middle
of the fiftbenth century the capital of the Jaffna kingdom
continued. to be C(MC1. Since the Sinhalese works of the fifteenth
century and a Vijayanagara inscription of 11+35 refer to the
capital as flppaina or IyIppIam, it is reasonable to conclude
1. See supra, P.tp)
2. Travancore Archaeological Series, VI, pp. 89-91; l.A., XLIV, p. 251+;
M.LR. for 1891+, No, 17 of 1891+; M.E.R. for 1907, No. 395 of 1906;
LE.R. for 1922, No. 561+ of 191.