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

Not long after this, in the tenth year of Mahinda V (992),
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'the Ker4as who got no pay planted themselves one with another
at the door of the royal palace, determined on force, bow in
hand, armed with swords and (other) weapons, (with the cry)
"So long as there is no pay he shall not eat" When the king fled
to Iohaa, 'Ker4as, SIh4as and K$aa carried on the government
as they pleased' Just as the Saxon mercenaries founded Teutonic
settlements in places like Kent, it appears that the Dravidian
mercenaries, namely the DamIas, Ker4as and Kaaae, founded
small settlements in Rjaraha which formed the nuclei of later
settlements. As we shall see in the sequel, the Sinhalese rulers
seem to have granted lands for the settlementsof mercenaries.
The inscriptions of the tenth century refer to Tamil allotments
and lands, which, according to Paranavitana, seem 'to have been
set apart for the maintenance of the Tamil soldiers in the king's
service' But it appears that there were Tamil allotments, lands
and villages which were not necessarily set apart for the maintenance
of TamiJ. soldiers but were places where Tamila were living
There is also some indirect evidence in the Clavasa which points
1. , 55:5-6.
2. Ibid., 55:12.
3. L . , III, p. 273.
k. Se infra, p. 71.