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JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). [VoL. XXIl. 
Javakakotte (Chavakachcheri) was built and manned by 
Malays to keep back the Canarese. A contemporary bard 
alludes to the event in the following lines : — 
Having made the four oceans the bounds of his impartial august 
sway, he blew away the fierce wrath of the famous Kannadi 
(Canarese) king.^ 
In this reign we see the beginnmgs of that trade in cinnamon 
to secure which the Island became in later times the battle- 
ground of the Dutch and Portuguese. Shortly after repulsing 
the Canarese invader the king despatched a vessel with cinna- 
mon to the Malabar Coast , which landed in the bay of Adirama- 
pattanam or Adrampet. ^ But the ruler there , Raja Vira Rama 
Malava R-ayar, probably a feudatory of the Lord of Chola, 
made a descent on the vessel, plundered the cargo, and took 
all the men captive. So successful had been his reorganizing 
polic}^ that when intelligence of this wanton act of aggression 
reached Kotte it found the monarch strong enough to take 
immediate measures in retaliation. He organized a punitive 
expedition, and a large fleet carrpng troops sailed at the 
royal bidding to punish the insolence of the Tamil prince. 
Parakrama's troops ravaged his country with fire and sword. 
Vira Rama himself was slain. Thence the Sinhalese forces 
entered the Chola (Mysore) country, and plundering several 
villages and a port on their march , they stormed the fortress 
Makudam Kotte, comprising seven dependent villages, which 
thereafter yielded a yearly tribute to Kotte. ^ After this signal 
1 Gird Sandesa, v. 132. 
2 In Valentyn, Driampatanam ; in the Rdjavaliya, Ayapattana, 
corrupted in some MSS. to Yapapattana, was Adrampet (Adram 
patnam, Advira Ramapatnam in Tamil, the city of the great hero 
Rama "), seaport in the Pattu Kotta taluk, Tanjore Dist., Madras Presi- 
dency, lat. 10° 20' 10" N., and long. 79° 25' 40" E. The sea trade 
is chiefly with Ceylon, whither rice is exported in exchange for betel 
and timber. — Hunter's Indian Gazetteer. 
^ Rdjdvaliya, p. 69 ; Valentyn. 
