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JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). 



[Vol. VIII. 



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Translation. 



In by -gone times (there was) a king named Wijaya Bdhn, the 

 legitimate son of Wijaya Malla, descendant of the sons and grand- 

 sons* of the princes of a family equal to Dharmmasoka, who 

 accompanied the glorious mahdbddhi on the day when it was 

 sent to his friend the King Devenipetissa by (the said) King 

 Dharmmasoka, who is like a tilaka ornament of the solar race, and 

 the Emperor of the whole Dambadiva of 10,000 yoduns in extent. 

 He (Wijaya Bahu) was acquainted with the different kinds of 

 religious systems ; he by the strength of his own intellect 

 acquired a familiar knowledge of political science and the customs 

 and manners of mankind ; he had a powerful four-fold army. 

 He built a city called Dambadeni, and resided there ; and by 

 means of his four-fold forces overcame (his) enemies, and caused 

 to be brought from Kotmalaya the venerable tooth-relic of 

 Buddha and his almsbowl-relic ; there he caused to be built a 

 highly splendid edifice, like unto a mansion of the gods ; 



* Pali: " Grandsons and great grandsons." 



