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or Kirinde-ganga ;* and, in proof of the identification, I have 

 discovered that Gonagatna is yet the name of a natural tank, 

 locally termed a mla\ (still bearing its original appellation, 

 the penultimate syllable being of course shortened), near 

 the mouth of the river, about miles from the sea. The 

 village has, however, disappeared. 



A confirmation of this identification is to be found in Dr. 

 Miiller's words (Ancient Inscriptions, p. 57) regarding the 

 grant by the A'pa Mahinda— recorded in the Mayilagas- 

 tota inscription (No. .120) — to the Maha Wihara and 

 the " Uda Tisa piriwena." Dr. Miiller identifies the site as 

 follows : — u By the Maha Wihara, most probably, we 

 have to understand the Nagamaha wihara at Tissamaha- 

 rama, and the Udatisa piriwena is perhaps the Uddhakan- 

 dara Wihara mentioned at Mak., p. 130." As'is well known 

 at Tissamaharama, Uda Tihawa is the present name of the 

 upper part of the Tissa tank. It once formed a separate 

 tank, the bund of which is now to be seen inside the 

 present Tissa tank. If, then, the two names, Udatisa 

 and Uddhakandara, are applied to this one place, the 

 latter can only be taken from the adjacent river, the 

 Kandara, between which and the tank the piriwena 

 probably stood. The villagers inform me that there are 

 now a few pillars, which formed the remains of some such 

 building, in the jangle to the west of the upper part of the 

 Tissa tank. At any rate, it is certain that Uddhakandara 

 was in Rohana. 



Reference is also made to a Kappukandara village in 

 Rohana (AJaL, p. 141), and at p. 146 there is mentioned 

 the Jawamali ferry on the Kappukandara river, which 

 was certainly in Rohana. The context also clearly shows 

 that this ferry must have been not very far from Magama — 

 possibly in the upper part of the valley. Dntthagamini 



* Formerly Karinda. Kandara = karanda by metathesis ; compare 

 Panduka and Pakunda (Dip. X. 9 ; XI. 1). 



f Golagamawila is mentioned on Ilanaga's inscription at Tissamaha- 

 rama. (Ancient Inscriptions, No. 4.) There is no other wila of this 

 name in the district. A wila, (identified by Dr. B. Miiller as Skt. vila, 

 a cave), and Tamil villu, is in every case a pool the bed of which is 

 below the level of the adjoining ground. Thus, without any embank- 

 ment it is capable of holding up a supply of water. 



