10 journal, r.a.s. (ceylon). [Vol. VIII. 



The revised chronological table now arrived at for the 

 early Simhalese Kings is, thus, as follows : — 



Name of King. 



Accession. 



Length of Keigc. 



rrobable age 





B.C. 



Years. 



Years. 



Wiiava ••• 



414 



38 



65 



Upatissa 



376 



1 





Partduwasa Dewa ... 



375 



30 



55 



Abhaya ,,, 



345 



26 



70 



Interregnum ( Tissa) 



319 



11 





Pandukabhaya 



308 



30(?) 



67 



Mutasiwa • 



273 



33(?) 



79 



Dewauampiya Tissa 









u t tiya xo ii.noia 3 &ia 



245 | 



... to 





reigns 









Elara 



205 



44 



70 



Dutthagamini 



161 



24 



68 



Saddliatissa 



137 



18 



84 



This gives a mean 



of 19-1 



years for each 



reign, or 



almost the same as the average reigns of the English 

 sovereigns from the establishment of the Heptarchy. 

 From Wijaya to the accession of Elara, the date from 

 which the table is calculated, the average reign is exactly 

 15 years, which is the same as the average for Indian Kings. 

 (Report on Arclmoloyical Survey of India, Vol. IX., p. 180.) 



I now venture to refer to a collateral subject, more inti- 

 mately allied to my report, regarding which there have been 

 many conflicting opinions, and on which much writing has 

 been expended without any satisfactory result, viz., the 

 site of the first capital of Ceylon — the city of Tambapanni, 

 founded by Wijaya. For many years it has been locally 

 held that the place called Tammanna Nuwara, a few miles 

 from Puttalam, was this city ; the only apparent reason for 

 the belief being the similarity of the names. Dr. E. Miiller 

 lias already stated that this place does not appear to have 

 been Wijaya's city, and having visited the site with Mr. P. 

 Templer, when he was Assistant Government Agent of 

 Puttalam, I can quite endorse his opinion. The Mi-oya, 

 which flows past at the distance of fully a mile, is usually 

 dry in the summer months ; there are no wells to be seen 

 at the site, nor was there any better water-supply for the 



