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Gantihe, from the fact of 30 captives of GajaBahu having 

 settled there. 



Vihinawa, owing to the 29 settlers. 

 Hatalispaha, owing to the settlement of 45 captives. 

 Visideke, of 22 captives. 

 Katuiuana Gandaha, of 10 captives. 



[Tumpane, of three fifties of the captives ; Heivaheta, of 

 60 soldiers ; and Ganhatara, of 4 captives.] 



Kamuttn-gedara, from the fact that the last man of the 

 captives settled there. 



[HdrasiyapattUi from the fact that each of the pattus, 

 or divisions, having formed the settlement of 100 captives. 



Mdtale, owing to a large gang of the captives having been 

 sent thither.] 



Kctldgama, owing to the creeper, Kaldvela, over which 

 the embankment was built. 



\Sivuru-pattuwa, owing to the residence of a great number 

 of priests.] 



The 700 followers of King Vijaya* formed 700 villages 

 round the city of Kurunegala. 



Those who came with Panduwasa formed 900 villages. In 

 the time of Pandukabhaya 1,000 villages were formed. In 

 the time of King Mutasiva 3,000 villages. 



During the time of King Gatanaissa, in the three divisions 

 ( Tri Sinhala ) 4,000 villages were formed. 



In the time of Devanipetissa buffaloes were brought from 

 the continent of India. These were put into folds at Konpola . 



Mitenvela belongs to the Pallewahala. 



YaJcaJcadamaraJcada are the villages bestowed on the 

 Dissawa appointed for the district. 



Talampitiya, Parabebila, Hawluwa, Vihinamaya, Diya- 



* Magul Korale, a division of the Vanni hatpattu, at present subdivided 

 into Magul Opata and Magul iMedagandahaya Korales, according to 

 tradition received its name, which implies " the country of marriage," on 

 account of the seven hundred noblemen who accompanied King Vijaya 

 to the Island having celebrated their marriage in this part of the country. 

 (Casie Chitty's Gazetteer, p. 157.) 



