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on this subject is Simon Casie Chetty's paper' 'On the History
of Jaffna, from the Earliest Period to the Dutch conquest',
read at a meeting of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic
Society in 18k7 and published in the journal of that society
In this short paper, the author has based his account of the
early history of Jaffna on the references to gas in the Mahvasa
and on the Tenr(1 chronicles, Kailyaxnlai and a-vaipavamlai.
It is by no means a critical work. This was foUowed by
a few Tamil works, almost entirely based on the T-mi1 chronicles
and floating traditions. The earliest of these is S.Jobn's
pa-carittiram (History of Jaffna), published in l879
In 188k, V.V.Cataciva Pillai published his a-vaipavam
( A Narrative of Events in Jaffna) It was followed by A.Muttutampi-pillai's
pa-carittiram (History of Jaffna), which
was published in 19l2 These, too, are uncritical narratives
embodying almost the entire contents of the Tamil chronicles,
with all their mythical and legendary elements. The sections
dealing with the period of British rule are useful as source
materials for that period since these are contemporary and near-
1. J.R.A.S. (C.B.), I, No.3, l8k7-k8, pp. 69-79.
2. American Ceylon Mission Press, Jafmna 1879. Second edition 1882.
Revised edition 1929.
3. Madras, 188k.
4. Jaffna, 1912.