No. 44—1893.] KURUNEGALA VISTARAYA. 45 



[Here follows an enumeration of the villages which formed 

 the three divisions of the Kingdom Maya, Ruhuna, and 

 Pihiti, ani of the wealth of which Vijaya became possessed 

 during his reign.] 



To Vira Bahu, the son of Kuveni, was assigned the village 

 Virabdhu* and to his daughter the village Talkota, 



After reigning twenty-eight years he went to heaven. 



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[Then follows a list of the successors of Vijaya, and the 

 periods during which they reigned. These are inconsistent, 

 and appear fabulous when compared with the chronology 

 supplied by the Mahdwansa, Bdjawaliya, or Rdjaratnd- 

 karaya.~\ 



Bhuwaneka Bahu entrusted to his son the kingdom as well 

 as the subjects. On the seventh day thereafter he died. On 

 the son by the Queen of Medaketiyaf [a woman of the harem, 

 yakada-doliya, cf. ran-doliya], he bestowed his wealth, in 

 consequence of which circumstance the prince was called 

 Vastuhimi Kumdraya.% 



Eight hundred and ninety-five rulers reigned in Kurune- 

 gala : thirty kings by the name of Tissa, thirty by the name 

 of Bahu, and thirty by the name of Sinha.§ 



Yastuhimi was massacred, and the prince who was at Kalun- 

 ddwaw&s installed in sovereignty under the title of Pandita 



Modern Vilbawa. The present incumbent of the temple says 

 that the name of the village is derived from the half -moon-shaped pond — 

 vil-bewa — which lies a short distance from the temple. 



f Other accounts give Asseduma as the native village of this woman. 



J Or Vathima Kumar ay a, as he is sometimes called, was the Muhammadan 

 usurper, who was hurled headlong from the top of Eta-gala by his dissatis- 

 fied ministers and killed. At the spot where his mangled corpse is said to 

 have fallen stands the Galebandara shrine, which was erected to his 

 memory by his co-religionists. Vathima Lane, which leads to the shrine, is 

 called after him. For further particulars see "The Animal-shaped Rocks 

 of Kurunegala." There is a picture of Vathima on one of the walls of the 

 Urupakada temple. 



§ This certainly looks fictitious compared with more authentic history. 



