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from the seven folds of cattle. When the Mohandiram carried 

 and presented the tax milk (to the Maharaja), he fouhd favor 

 and (the village) Andaragasapittiya was bestowed on him; 

 together with this side of the turretted ant-hill and the solitary 

 Palmira-tree at Maruppe (8), this side of the stone pillar at 

 Halpataioanatotte, this side of the stone pillar at Ullamadaydwe, 

 this side of the rock (which stands ) on the dant of the tank 

 of Bogamuwa, having the sun and moon engraved on it, this 

 side of the stone pillar at Madanwila, and this side of the dam, 

 of the tank of Dimulpittiya, the seven lakes and the high and 

 low grounds inclusive, in perpetuity under this resplendent 

 S annas. Three amonas of Paddy from Bogamuwa and two 

 amonas of Paddy from Uluvarisigama, and (the lake) Hdlpan- 

 wila for plucking and taking Pan (9) therefrom were also 

 bestowed on him* 



As long as the sun and moOn endure if there be any who 

 should violate this matter, they will be born as cows and dogs, 



This resplendent Saunas was granted in the time of the 

 King Taniwalla Bahoo (10) of Madampe (11). 



(8) Marappe — a village about 6 miles south-west of Madram- 



kooly, now called Kattakadoo. 



(9) Scirpus globosus. Linn. 



(10) Taniwalla Bahoo is the same with Tamwalla Abkya 



mentioned by Tumour in his Epitome of the History of 

 Ceylon. He was a younger brother of Dharma Prakrama 

 Bahoo VII, from whom he had Madampe and the ad- 

 joining district assigned over to him as a subordinate 

 principality. 



(11) Madampe— a village about 8 miles south-west of ChiJaw. 



No vestiges of the royal residence are now extant, but the 

 memory of the Kin«: Taniwalla Bahoo is still kept up 

 by the Buddhist inhabitants in the devil-dance, which they 

 occasionally perform in his honor under the large Banian 

 tree on the side of the high road. 



