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the Portuguese in Ceylon. One of his brothers, Rajjuru 
Bandara, had died at the age of twenty years ; and a sister, 
the only daughter in the family, was given in marriage to 
the famous Yidiye Bandara, who by a previous spouse from 
the royal family had become the father of King Don Juan 
Dharmapala, the puppet and catspaw of the Portuguese. 
The issue of this second alliance of Vidiye Bandara was one 
daughter, whom in course of time he bestowed in marriage 
on Yijayapala Asthana,* apparently his second son by his 
tirat wife. This union would seem unsuitable in our eyes, 
but we have to remember that at that date such customs still 
prevailed in the royal families of the East. After this 
marriage the domestic relations between Yidiye Bandara 
and the Princess, his wife, became very much strained : 
evidently the Princess did not approve of the union ; and 
Vidiye Bandara then resorting to harsh treatment, we jfind 
the Princess frequently sending to her father complaining 
of his ill-usage.* 
We are told by the Bdjdwaliya that at this time Raja Sinha 
was yet a child of eleven years old.t But such was his 
precocity, and such his military genius, so early developed 
by following his father in his military expeditions, which 
were both numerous and frequent, that Mayadunne unhesi- 
tatingly sent him with his surviving brother Timbiripola 
Bandara and Vikramasinha Mudaliyar, to exact satisfaction 
of his son-in-law for his cruelty to his wife. The boy- 
warrior distinguished himself, and his brutal brother-in-law 
was soon a fugitive. 
It will be necessary now to consider what was the age of 
Mayadunne at the time these events were happening. As 
we have seen, he had not only children, but had also a 
grand-daughter, and she being a married woman he was 
fairly within sight of even the fourth generation. We may 
therefore safely conclude that he mast have been at least 
* Rdjawaliya (SIq.)? P- ^7, 
t Ihid, See also Tennent, " Ceylon," vol. IL, p. 17. 
