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belief of the people of Ram&nya was the same as that of the Buddha- 
believing-men of Ceylon, and also because it was the ancient custom so to 
do, Par&krama, the King, was living in peace with the King of Ramanya— 
yet the ruler of Ramanya, listening to the words of wicked men, forsook the 
old custom of providing maintenance for the ambassadors of the Lanka 
rajfi,* and at the sale of elephants and tuskers raised the price above the 
wonted price ; and further, when he read tho royal message sent to him, bid 
saying, “ These messengers are sent to go to Kamboja,” and so plundered 
all their goods and put them in prison in the Malaya country. And further, 
without hearing the friendly words of the ambassador (dutdmdtya) Topas- 
wi, sent about this matter by the king of Ceylon, he seized their (sic) 
tuskers and ships, and having tortured them made them hewers of wood and 
drawers of water : and he stopped the letters and seized the presents of honour 
which the king of Ceylon sent to a chief (jeshta) in J ambudwipa named Ka- 
syapa. Then one day he sent for the imprisoned ambassadors and said, 
“ The Sinhalese ships had no right to come to our land ; therefore give me 
letters under your hand that no wrong has been done to you, the ambas- 
sadors.” So he frightened them with the fear of death, and took letters un- 
der their hand. Then he put them both, namely, Wagiswaraeari and Dhar- 
makirti Pandita, on board a leaky vessel and sent them out to sea. 
Soon after, he seized some royal virgins sent by the king of Ceylon 
to the king of Kamboja : on hearing this, Parakrama Bahu was very angry, 
and assembled his council, and told them all the facts, saying, “ We must 
kill or bring here that king who will be our enemy, which of you under- 
takes the task ?” Damiladhikari, the chief of the astrologers, accepted the 
task joyfully, and quickly made several hundred ships ready for sea, and in 
less than five months put to sea with his fleet properly officered and with 
provisions for twelve months, and shields to stop the swiftest arrows, and 
swords, and bows, and arrows and poisonedf arrows, and all other kinds of 
weapons, and doctors with their assistants. 
Of these one ship arrived at Kakadwipa and having fought there and 
taken the king and his ministers prisoners, brought and delivered them up 
to Parakrama Bahu, tho king. Two ships arrived at the harbour Kusuma 
in Aramuna, and took in battle and laid waste the country from the port 
Sapattota,£ over which Kurttipurapam was Governor. 
Damiladhikari himself arrived at the port Papphata, and there having 
fought a great battle and taken the inhabitants alive and seized the 
whole land of Ramanya, went on to the city of Ukkaka, and took prisoner the 
Lord of Ramanya, and overcame the land: then going round the town on 
* Query, Paying the salary of a Political Resident ? 
f This word is doubtful, wisadewa, the latter half of which is not clear. 
J Tota = tirtha ; pam = usually parwata. 
