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Parakrama Bahu, and he removed the seat of Government to 

 Dambadeniya.* 



In Hastipura there were 700 sculptors, 700 masons, 800 

 dhobies, 900 elephants, 12,000 Tamils, 12,000 Sinhalese, 

 24,000 officers, 75,000 ministers, all of whom left Kurunegala 

 and settled at Dambadeniya, there living in glory like that 

 of Sakra Devendra. The king departed this life having 

 reigned twenty -two years. 



Kurunegala is derived from the fact of the settlement of 

 the people of kuru-rata, who were known as Kuru- 

 vitinayo.lf 



* * * * # 



[Here follows a description of Mundakondapola, the city 

 in which Prince Irugal Bandara reigned. As its history 

 is so identified with that of Kurunegala, most of the 

 villages which formed the ancient principality being now 

 part and parcel of the modern District of Kurunegala, a 

 translation of the account is inserted here.] 



The principal villages surrounding the city (Miindakonda- 

 pola), royal villages : — 



Bogoda, assigned to the Adigar. 



Palawahala. 



Natagena, the village of Maha Terunvahansa.J 



KedapdtveJiera, assigned to the person who held the looking-glass 

 (kedapota) to the king. The village was given to Kandegedara 

 Mudiyanse. 



Ridtattana, 25 amunams, to the Mudaliyars (Mudeliperu) . 



Udahatura, 20 amunams. 



Yatikatura, 12 amunams. § 



Navagatta, 12 amunams. 



Sivalogedara, 20 amunams. 



Himulcumbiira, 12 amunams. 



* The Kahmda Patuna refers at length to this interesting- incident 

 and to the circumstances under which the legal heir to the throne, like 

 " Cincinnatus awful from the plough," was made king. The Patuna is a 

 metrical composition, of which the author is said to be a poet of Mitenvela. 

 A translation of nearly the whole of it is given in " The Animal-shaped 

 Rocks of Kurunegala." 



f For other derivations see " The Animal-shaped Rocks of Kurunegala." 



I On the hill the ancient city stood. The village is now a viharegama. 



§ Modern Udakadura and Yatikadura. 



