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b4 with the Xi4igani of the above inscription, for, the mo&ern
Kiigama seems to fail outside the limits of the ancient Eastern
Province. The village named Kerellgama in the Kuurumahan-dmna
Pillar inscription was in the district of Valapu, in the Western
Province of the Anurdhapura 1cingdoni It baa not been possible
to identify this village exactly. Since the provenance of the
inscription is 14al1iinau, in the Vilpattu National Park, which
lies in the area of the ancient Western Province, we have to seek
the ancient Kerelgama soniewere in that region. The ripixuiiyva
and RabUva inscriptions of the time of Sena II (853-887) refer
to the impost, Dem4e-ku2, in connection with the villages of
Posonavull and Gliduru-gomaala, which have been identified
as !ripinniyva and RaMblva respectively The Vihrgama Pillar
inscription of Kassapa IV also refers to Deme in connegtion
with another village, the name of which is not preserved Another
inscription of Kassapa IV, mentioning Dem4e-kulI comes from
Sgiriya
The nature of these possible Tamil settlements and
the strength of the Tamil population in the island caxu.ot be
determined with the help of the meagre evidence available to us.
1. E.Z., II , pp. 22-23.
2. E.Z., 1 pp. 167, 175 ; C.W.Nicholas, p. 169.
3. E.Z, IV, p . 52.
k. A.S.C.A.R. for 1911/12, p. 108.