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to be found in this island. There is another arrangement made by 
Vijia Rajah, the first King of Lakdiva, or Ceylon, which is set forth in 
a book written by himself in the Cingalese language called Nitiyah. 
Vijia Rajah was the eldest son of the King Sinhaba, who lived in 
a city named after him, in the kingdom of Ladadesaye. He arrived 
at Ceylon in the fifty-sixth year of the aera of the last Boudhou, 
seven days after Boudhou had become Nivani,* that is two 
thousand two hundred and ninety years ago, the present being the 
year of Boudhou two thousand three hundred and forty-six. Vijia 
Rajah brought with him seven hundred giants. At the time he came 
here the island was inhabited by devils only : these he destroyed, 
and made it a residence for human beings. He reigned thirty-eight 
years, and established the following casts and classes, to perform ser- 
vice in the King's palace, and to punish those who commit crimes. 
Duravos. This is the cast commonly called Chandos, which is 
not a Cingalese word. The name duravo is compounded of two 
words, which signify, come from afar. 
There are ten subdivisions of this cast in the following order. 
Pati karayo, cowherds. . ^ 
Porawa karavo, fellers of timber. 
Hari duravo, proper duravos. 
Magul duravo, riders of the King's elephants. 
Aynadi, the servants of the four preceding classes who carry their 
pingos (loads), talpots (umbrellas), Sec. 
* JSivani has been represented as a stale of happiness, but it is the death of the 
^ou], which, according to the creed of the Boudhists, becomes mortal after it has 
attained a state of purity. 
