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in Turnout's list)* was not Saugo Bo Wijaya Bahu who carne 

 to the throne in 1527, but. his brother Dharma Parakrama 

 Balm , in whose reign Europeans first landed in Ceylon. 



It can scarcely be disputed that unless this discrepancy 

 can be satisfactorily explained away, our present dates must 

 yield to the authority of this undoubtedly contemporaneous 

 record. 



Text. 



Sun. Moon. 



1. Swasti sri suddha saka warusha 



2. Ek dahas sara siya de 



3. Tis wamiehi raja pcemini 



4. Swasti sri maha sammata 



5. Parampara nuyata suriya 



6. Wanshabhijata sri iankadhipa 



7. ti srimat siri Sanga— Bo 



8. sri Wijaya-bahu cakrawatti 



9. Swam in wahanse^a sata 



10. rawannen matu awurudu 



11. Posona awawiseniya 



12. Dewinuwarehi Nagarisa-nlla 



13. Kowilatfa palamu poena pcewcet 



14. ten Parawasara kumburu 



15. Mul bijuwa^a wisi amunak 



16. Ha Kawadrinne Pategama 



17. Na Kumburu bijuwa^a pas amuna 



18. kha ata pattu aracca 



19. wen sarasa ko£ce ? petumaluii 



20. Batgama pasada salasmen 



* Appendix to Mahawarisa, p. 67, 



