CONTENTS OF 



CHAP. VII. 



FATE OF TUB 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 seclusion . 372 

 Traces of their customs at the present 

 day 373 



CHAP. VIII. 



EXTINCTION OF THE GREAT DYNASTY. 



B.C. 104. Walagam-bahu 1. . . 374 

 His wars with the Malabars . . 374 

 The South of Ceylon free from Malabar 



invasion 374 



The Buddhist doctrines first collected 



into books 



The formation of rock-temples . 

 Apostaey of Chora Naga . 

 Ceylon governed by queens 

 Schisms in religion .... 

 Buddhism tolerant of heresy but in-- 

 tolerant of schism .... 

 Illustrations of Buddhist toleration . 

 Tolerance enjoined by Asoca . 

 The Wytulian heresy 

 Corruption of Buddhism by the impu- 

 rities of Brahraanism 

 A.D. 275. Recantation and repentance 



of King Maha Sen . . . ij0 

 End of the Solar race . . .381 

 State of Ceylon at that period . . 381 

 Prosperity of the North . . . 381 

 Description of Anarajapoora in the 



fourth century .... 382 

 Its municipal organisation . . 382 

 Its palaces and temples . . . 382 

 Popular error as to the area of the city 



Multitudes of the priesthood described 

 by Fa Hian 384 



CHAP. IX. 



KINGS OF THE LOWER DYNASTY. 



Sovereigns of the Lower Dynasty, a 

 feeble race 335 



Kings who were sculptors, physicians' 

 and poets . . . . . 38 c 



Earliest notice of Foreign Embassies 

 to Rome and to China . . .337 



Notices of Ceylon by Chinese Histo- 

 rians 387 



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- 



dja 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 firmly 

 established ....". 398 



Distress of the Singhalese in the 7th 

 century, as described by Hiouen 

 Thsang ...... 399 



A.D. 642. Anarajapoora deserted, and 

 Pollanarrua 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 Malabar invasion . 402 

 Extreme misery of the island . . 402 

 A.D. 1023. The Malabars seize Polla- 

 narrua and occupy the entire north 

 of the island ..... 403 



CHAP. XI. 



THE REIGN OF PRAKRAMA BAHU. 



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 ...... 40 6 



Restores the order of the Buddhist 



priesthood ..... 495 

 Intercourse between Siam and Ceylon 406 

 lemples and sacred edifices built by 



Prakrama ..... 407 

 The Gal-Wihara at Pollanarrua . 407 

 . 408 



Rums of Pollanarrua .. 

 Extraordinary extent of hi 



for irrigation 



Foreign wars of Prakrama 

 His conquests in India . 

 The death of Prakrama Bahu 



409 

 . 409 

 . 410 

 . 410 



