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Udattiiwa, and Aragoda, beside slaves, the title of Rajaguru 

 Panditayd, muluviyan or ceiling cloths, mirivediya or sandals, 

 a tunic adorned with bo leaves (bopata hette), an eight -cornered 

 hat, and a white flag. Later on, there being no one able 

 to make his crown, Vikrama Bahu, King of Uda-rata, sent 

 presents to Parakrama Bahu and got artificers, to whom he 

 gave seven villages, including Ayagama and Yatatnawa, with 

 the titles of Edjaguru and Pandita Nilame, for making the 

 crown.* Rajasekara Panditaya's son-in-law (or nephew) was 

 Pandita Nilame : his daughter married Yatatnawe Pandita 

 Appu, and Heda Panditaya gave as dowry seven slaves, the 

 Otunu Sesira Pota (book of instructions for making the 

 crown), as well as the sannasa and tudapata given by the 

 King. Thenceforward the Rajaguru Pandita Nilame grew 

 rich, and was called Rajaguru Pandita Achari, 



Madawala. 



The ancestor of these smiths was Paramanaya of Hidda- 

 wulla. His brother Mla-narayan a settled at Mlawala, and 

 another at Udispattuwa. 



1. Gal-sannasa from Siri Sangha Bo Sri Parakrama Bahu 

 VI. (1410-1462 a.d.), in the seventeenth year of his reign, 

 granting land in Madawala to Siddawulle Achari Paramanaya 

 and his son Suriya.f 



2. Copper sannasa from the same King in the same year to 

 Suriya and Paramanaya, giving the same land as in the gal- 

 sannasa, held by their father Hiddawulle Ratna Mudali 

 Dawunda Achari. 



The copper sannasa is a copy of the stone inscription, the 

 names being altered. 



The village is divided into four chief families : — 



(a) Mandalawalli Navaratna Sinha Kuda Radale Kalu 

 Badal panguwa ; 



(b) Mudunminiratna Vibhusana Mudali Dawunda Mudun- 

 mini Muhandiram panguwa ; 



* Vide Section V. , page 5. 



f Copy and translation sent to the Government Agent, Central Pro- 

 vince, at his request by the Archaeological Commissioner (No. 451 of 

 May 30, 1908). 



