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durbar.^ Shortly after he was succeeded by a nephew of the 
last king, Arya Chakravarti, called Arya Chakravarti Addum 
Perumal, who was placed on the throne with the obligation of 
vassalage to the Sinhalese crown. ^ Sapumal Kumaraya thence 
appears to have gone as viceroy to the ancient capital of 
Yapahu, the seat of the provincial government of the Hat 
(Seven) Korale, which he continued to rule till summoned to 
the imperial throne. ^ Of the events that followed the death of 
Sri Parakrama Bahu and of the origin and j^outh of the princes 
Sapumal Kumaraya, JayaviraKuda Kumaraya, and Jayavira 
the king's grandson, who were all afterwards destined to play 
so important a part in the history of the Island, the old Portu- 
guese historian De Couto alone of the annalists has preserved 
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2 Although it would appear from the Rdjdvaliya (Gunasekara's 
translation), pp. 69, 70, and Kovul Sandesa, that Sapumal Kumaraya 
continued as ruler of Jaffna after the subjugation of the peninsula till 
he left it at the head of an invading force to march on Kotte , the facts 
would seem to be otherwise. Valentyn and the Yalpana-Vaipava 
Malai (Brito), pp. Ixxv.-lxxvi. , the former derived from Sinhalese 
sources, and the latter, a Tamil historical record, both agree that Jaffna 
was restored to a nephew of Arya Chakkravarti. Valentyn alone gives 
the name Arietattoe Adduru Prauwmal , clearly a corruption. The error 
in the Rdjdvaliya appears to have arisen from the similarity of the 
names Yapapatuna (Jaffna) and Yapahu (in Hat Korale), and their 
confusion by ignorant copyists. The Kurunegala Vistaraya, an old 
topographical record, compiled about the 15th or 16th century, 
incidentally mentions the fact that Sapumal Kumaraya ruled as 
viceroy at Yapahu after leaving Jaffna, and thus gives the clue to the 
mystery. 
3 The events following the death of Sri Parakrama Bahu more 
properly belong to the reign of Jayavira Parakrama Bahu. De Couto 
considerably modifies the relation in the Sinhalese Rdjdvaliya and throws 
a different complexion on the conduct of the conqueror of Jaffna. 
