12 JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). [VOL. XVIII. 
Transcr'qjt. 
Sm. 
1. Saka warsha ekdas pansiya seta satakvu Esala pura sata- 
' wak lat 
2. Brahaspatinda wadalavii panata nam Chuluttan Kuttiya 
Maha Wasalata * * \ 
3. sondin duggena hitina nisa gon tihak koyi totamunekata 
4. genenawa geniyanawata madisungam noganna setiyatat 
ve[na] 
5. gamakata mirna gona nallana setiyatat me sannasa deva 
wadala panatat 
e panatat 
mesema panivuda panatayi. 
Trandaiion. 
Hail ! The royal order pronounced on Thursday, the 
seventh day of the waning moon of the month of Esala 
(July-August) in the year of Saka 1567 (a.d. 1645). That 
as Chuluttan Kuttiya is perforniing good and faithful service 
to His Mighty Majesty, no taxes should be levied, for the 
bringing into, or removal from, any ferry, on thirty head of 
[his] cattle, nor [his] bull or buffalo seized in [another] 
village. The order on which this sannasa is delivered, that 
order, is hereby declared the royal decree. 
Notes. 
1. — Sannas are royal grants inscribed on gold, silver, copper, or 
stone, plain or ornamented. A grant given on an ola was, strictly 
speaking, a tiidapotct. In grants of less importance the king merely 
issued the command, the terms being arranged by the First Adigar or 
the Second Adigar, who himself gave it to the grantee. The Adigars 
also had the exclusive power of granting, in all cases, written decrees 
for lands, called sittu^ and decrees for oaths by oil, called divi sittii / 
save in cases of appeal of very grave criminal offences or big civil 
suits, decided personally by the king when parties were aggrieved by 
the decision of the chiefs. In these cases, too, the king usually directed 
the Chief -Adigar to issue the decree. The Disawas themselves had 
authority to issue sittu and divi sitfM in their respective districts. 
Tcdpatwere ordinary ola conveyances, executed by private individuals, 
even by an Adigar in his unofficial capacity. 
2. — King Senerat reigned at Kandy from a.d. 1604-1634. He was 
called Senaratana Unnanse, and had been a priest of Adam's Peak. He 
solicited the hand of the widowed Queen Dona Catherin^a, and married 
her afterwards, having put his rival, the Prince of Uva, to death. 
Yery friendly relations existed between this king and the Dutch, who 
helped him to overthrow the Portuguese. The Rdjdvaliya records 
the drowning of the queen's eldest son, caused by the king. 
