CONTENTS OF 



CHAP. VII. 



FATE OF THE ABORIGINES. 



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Aborigines forced to labour for the 



new settlers 369 



Immensity of the structures erected 



by them 370 



Slow amalgamation of the natives 



with the strangers .... 370 

 The worship of snakes and demons 



continued 370 



Treatment of the aborigines by the 



kings 371 



Their formal disqualification for high 



office 371 



Their rebellions 371 



They retire into the mountains and 



forests 372 



Their singular habits of sechision . 372 

 Traces of their customs at the present 



day 373 



CHAP. VIII. 



EXTINCTION OF THE GREAT DYNASTY. 



r..c. 104. Walagam-bahu I. . . 374 

 His Avars with the Malabars . . 374 

 The South of Ceylon free from Malabar 



invasion 374 



The Buddhist doctrines first formed 



into books 375 



The formation of rock-temples . . 376 

 Apostacy of Chora Naga . . . 376 

 Ceylon governed by queens . . 377 

 Schisms in religion .... 377 

 Buddhism tolerant of heresy but in- 

 tolerant of schism .... 378 

 Illustrations of Buddhist toleration . 377 

 Tolerance enjoined by Asoca . . 377 

 The Wytulian heresy . . . 377 

 Corruption of Buddhism by the impu- 

 rities of BrahiKanism . . . 380 

 A.D. 275. Recantation and repentance 



of King Maha Sen ... -80 



End of the Solar race . . .381 

 State of Ceylon at that period . . 381 

 Prosperity of the North . . . 381 

 Description of Anarajapoora in the 



fourth centurj' .... 382 

 Its municipal organisation . . 382 

 Its palaces and temples . . . 382 

 Popular error as to the area of the city 



(note) 383 

 Multitudes of the priesthood described 

 by Fa Hian 384 



CHAP. IX. 



KINGS OF THE LOWER DYNASTY. 



Sovereigns of the Lower Dynastj^, a 

 feeble race 385 



Kings who were sculptors, physicians, 

 and poets ..... 386 



Earliest notice of Foreign Embassies 

 to Rome and to China . . . 387 



Notices of Ceylou by Chinese Histo- 

 rians 387 



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 Fa Hian visits Ceylon a.d. 413 . 387 

 Anecdote related by Fa Hian (note) 388 

 History of " the Sacred Tooth " . 388 

 Murder of the king Dhatu Sena, a.d. 



459 389 



Infamous conduct of his son, . .391 

 The fortified rock Sigiri . . .392 



CHAP. X. 



DOMINATION OF THE MALABARS. 



Origin of the Malabar invaders of 

 Ceylon ...... 395 



The ancient Indian kingdom of Pan- 



dya 395 



Malabar mercenaries enlisted in Cey- 

 lon ....... 395 



B.C. 237. Revolt of Sena and Gutika 395 

 B.C. 205. Usurpation of Elala . . 396 

 B.C. 103. Second Malabar invasion . 396 

 A.D. 110. Third Malabar invasion . 396 

 Jewish evidence of Malabar con- 

 quest .... (note) 396 



A.D 433. Fourth Malabar invasion . 397 

 The influence of the Malabars firmlv 

 established . . . . ^ 898 



Distress of the Singhalese in the 7th 

 century, as described by Hiouen 



Thsang 399 



A.D. 642. Anarajapoora deserted, and 



PoUanarrua built .... 400 

 The Malabars did nothing to improve 



the island 401 



A.D. 840. A fresh Malabar invasion . 401 

 The Singhalese seek to conciliate 



them by alliances .... 402 

 A.D. 990. Another iVlalabar invasion . 402 

 Extreme misery of the island . . 402 

 A.D. 1023. The Malabars seize PoUa- 

 narrua and occupy the entire north 

 of the island 403 



CHAP. XI. 



THE REIGN OF PRAKRAMA BAKU. 



A.D. 1071. Recovery of the island 



from the Malabars . . . 404 



Wijayo Bahu I. expels the Malabars 405 

 Birth of the Prince Prakrama . . 405 

 His character and renown . . . 405 

 Immense public works constructed 



by him 406 



Restores the order of the Buddhist 



priesthood 406 



Intercourse between Siam and Ceylon 400 

 Temples and sacred edifices built by 



Prakrama 407 



The Gal-Wihara at PoUanarrua . 407 

 Ruins df PoUanarrua .... 408 

 Extraordinary extent of his works 



for irrigation ..... 409 

 Foreign wars of Prakrama . . 409 

 His conquests in India . . .410 

 The death of Prakrama Bahu . .410 



