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and Sri Parakrama Bahu was recognized as the lawful king in that year 
by the Chinese, probably after his father's assassination (Appendix F). 
The seeming discrepancy in dates may be reconciled on the hypothesis 
that the State (saunas^ Secretary reckoned the three years from 1411 
as forming a portion of his sovereign's reign, the first three years of 
Sri Parakrama Bahu YI.'s reign, which the Rdjdvaliya (p. 68) states 
he spent at Rayigama, king de jure though not de facto, while 
Alakeswara yet ruled at Kotte. 
Appendix E. 
I am indebted to Mr. W. F. Grunawardhana, Mudaliyar of the 
Department of Public Instruction, for the following explanations of 
the military terms occurring in the text (pp. 5, 8). The words are 
extremely difficult, and the Mudaliyar adds that his derivations are 
merely tentative. 
^QocS^, iron spikes (Tarn. <|)£iodJE^). 
(DdoS, wooden stakes (Tam. wooden, and sword). 
i^©c5«25;3©§, caltrops (Tam. -^^j ground, and qpo-£»€g, antlers. A 
hybrid compound). 
S©c^©>€)©c), pitfalls (Tam. e)©6\^c), way, and @^€)Sc)§^, snare). 
25^e)c»3(3, snares (Tam. walking, and (253(3i), net or other form 
of snare, such as noose, &c.). 
Appendix F. 
De Couto's History of Asia" greatly supplements the history of 
Alakeswara's times. Writing at a period when the memory of the 
Chinese invasions was still fresh in the minds of the people he 
embodied information in his narrative which is not elsewhere avail- 
able. Diogo de Couto tells us that the Prince of Ajota (Ayodhya, 
Oude), who was exiled from his home and settled in Ceylon, 
married a daughter of Cholca Raya (Chola Raja), and subsequently 
proclaimed himself Emperor of La^ka. He lived twenty-five years 
as king and, having sno children of |his own, left the kingdom to a 
brother, whom he begged his father to send out to him. This brother 
had many children, and the crown remained in his line for 900 years 
without change. Afterwards the supreme power descended to one 
" Dambadine Pandar Pracura Mabago or Bao,"'"^ and henceforth the 
Island became famous for its plentiful and excellent supply of 
cinnamon. 
* Dambadeniya Bandar Parakrama Bahu. The reference is to Wijaya 
Bahu VI,, who probably bore the title of Dambadeniya Baijdar (i:ide Lee's 
Ribeiro). 
