No. 60. — 1908.] oouto : history of oeylon^ 



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Pracura Mabago 1 , who married a lady of the caste of the 

 ancient kings, by whom he had three sons 2 . 



At thisthm (there died one of the king's brothers 3 , who left 

 four f. sons and two daughters 4 , and their mother married 

 another brother of her husband's called Boenegabo Pandar , who 

 was ruler of Reigao 5 . This king, after being crowned eight 

 times, died 6 , leaving three young sons, whom their uncle 

 seized, and secretly slew 7 , the right to the throne thus being 

 left to him alone, whereupon he forthwith had himself crowned 

 as emperor 8 , bringing up in his house the three stepsons 

 whom we have mentioned, who were also his nephews, the 

 sons of his brother 9 , who were called Boenegabo Pandar, who 

 was the eldest, and the second Reigao Pandar. and the third 

 Madune Pandar 10 . 



In the time of this king Boenegabo Pandar 11 , Dom Lourengo 

 d' Almeida, son of the viceroy Dom Francisco d' Almeida, in 

 the year of our Lord 1505, arrived at that island 12 , and sending 



1 Dharma Parakrama Bahu IX. commenced to reign 1508, though 

 his brother Vijaya Bahu VII. had already assumed regal power (in 

 the south of Ceylon ?) in 1505 (see Bell's Rep. on Keg. Dist. 85-6, 96). 



2 The Rdjdvaliya does not tell us of any marriage of this king's. 



3 Sri Raja Sinha (see Rdjdv. 71, 74). 



4 According to the Rdjdvaliya (74) Raja Sinha and Vijaya Bahu 

 had three sons by their common wife (no daughters are mentioned). 



5 There seems to be confusion here, Maha Rayigam Bandara and 

 Bhuvaneka Bahu VII. being sons of the common marriage mentioned 

 in the previous note. 



6 According to the Rdjdvaliya (74) Dharma Parakrama Bahu IX. 

 reigned twenty-two years, Vijaya Bahu VII. succeeding him (1527). 



7 As I have said, the Rdjdvaliya does not even tell us that Dharma 

 Parakrama Bahu ever married, so does not credit him with any sons. 

 I think Couto must have evolved these three sons out of the three 

 nephews he mentions below. 



8 Vijaya Bahu VII., on the death of his brother Dharma Parakrama 

 Bahu, doubtless transferred his court from Dondra to K6tt& 



9 Four sons (and two daughters) is what Couto actually credited 

 above to Raja Sinha : now he conforms to the number given by the Rdjd- 

 valiya. 



10 Bhuvaneka Bahu, Maha Rayigam Bandara, and Mayadunne 

 {Rdjdv. 75). 



11 By " this king Boenegabo Pandar " Couto means Vijaya Bahu VII. 

 To him and Couto this name " Boenegabo " (with various spellings) 

 seems to have been one safe to use in all doubtful cases, being applied by 

 them to kings who had no claim to it (see supra, p. 57, note 1 ). 



12 The statement is correct, though the date is wrong (see supra, 

 p. 22 ff.), and the inference is misleading, since Vijaya Bahu in 1506 was 

 ruling in the south of Ceylon. 



