40 JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). [YOL. XIII. 



To the west of Hastipura-nuwara is " Brahmin street " 

 ( Bamunu-vidiya) ; on the east " Sand street " ( Veli-vidiya) ; 

 on the south "Street of the gods" (Deviyo-vidiya) ; on the 

 north the " Great " or " Main street " {Mahd-vidiyd). 



The city is protected by three rocks: on the west by 

 Angan-gala, east by Lunuketiya-gala, north by Andd-gala ; 

 and (is bounded) on the south by the village Virabdhu gama* 

 east by the village Millowa, and west by TittaweM gama.\ 



There are four tanks for the use of the city : on the west 

 Vilgoda-vewa ; south Weneru-vewa, Udawatta-vewa, and 

 Wanahd-vewa, near the city ; on the north-west Deva- 

 gomuwa ; on the west Wanakuta-paruwata — all which 

 surround the city. 



The principal royal villages (gabadd-gam) are — 



Habdge, 350 amunams paddy sowing extent — (inclusive of) the 



royal village Banddralteta of 25 amunams. 

 Vilbdwa, of 35 amunams. 

 Nayiliya, of 33 amunams. 

 Dembepola, of 12 amunams. 

 Millowa, of 12 amunams. 

 Messagammana, of 65 amunams. 



Of the 350, total number of villages, there are 12 royal 

 villages belonging to the gamwasan pangu — 

 Maraluwdwa, of 65 amunams.J 

 Bamunugedara, of 65 amunams. 

 Devagomuwa, of 20 amunams.§ 



* Modern Vilbdwa, and once a royal city, known as Vilbd-nuwara. The* 

 Pretender in the rebellion of 1817-18 is said to have been a native of this 

 village. There is a Buddhist temple here, which is largely resorted to by 

 people of the district. Andimdle, a metrical composition, speaks of the 

 king who reigned here, and Mr. H. Parker informs me that in the course 

 of his reading he met with a reference to Kasyapa as a ruler of this city. 



f Tittawella. A Kadaimpota gives the dimensions of the city as 6 y odium 

 in length, 3 in breadth, and 6 in circumference, and states that it had 

 10,000 villages within it. Four slabs of rock marked the limits, surrounded 

 by Eta, Anda, and Wanagiriya rocks. Within the city were a college, a 

 tank, a row of palaces, with which the city was adorned, and the city 

 itself was sufficient to contain the inhabitants of a kingdom. 



% Now a vihdre gama. 



§ Modern Vewagedara. 



