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of Kassapa IV (898-9lk) The Ku ur_,1'an-d
m ina Pillar inscription
of the same monarch refers to a place called Kera].gama which
may have been a place where Ker4a settlers were found
The foregoing evidence of the Sinhalese inscriptions
and the Clavasa is far too scant; and vague that it is difficult
to arrive at definite conclusions regarding Dravidian settlements
outside Anurdhapura in the ninth and. tenth centuries. These
evidences certainly point to the presence of some Tamil settlers
in the villages not far from Anurdhapura. It is interesting to
note that Tamil inscriptions of the eleventh century have been
discovered within a few miles of the Dem4-kbllas and Deme-gam-bim
mentioned in the Sinhalese inscriptions This fact may not be
purely coincidental but may be a pointer in the same direction,
namely that these allotments and lands had settlements of Tamils.
These settlements were probably sm'11 and embryonic.
To sum up the evidence so far discussed, we have
in the first place references in the chronicles to the presence
of Tamil traders, invaders and mercenaries in the island from
abont the second century B.C. There is no evidence, however, to
].. E.Z., II, p, 38. IL S )te t.. !j.. fiti..y.'•
2. Ibid., pp. 22-23. The reading of this name is tentative for
the inscription is damaged at this point.
3. See map at the end of the thesis.