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crossed the sea, and landed at a place called Laceilla (pronounce Lach- 
chilla), and there fought with and defeated the army of a Tamil named Arak. 
The rulers of the five districts (mandalika) Lattirikkaya-Naclalawala, Kunda- 
muttara, Willacdra, Ancukottanaclalawara, Narasinha-dewa,then came up with 
an army, and after a fierce fight were routed and defeated. In the tenth 
battle, Sila-megha, Raja-tungabrahma, Hankiya-rayara, Ancukonda-rayara, 
Palumbiya-rayara, Panasiyarayara, these, six rulers joined their forces to those 
of the above named five ; but after a fierce battle they also were overthrown. 
Then on the orders of Parakrama Bahu, Lankapura-dandanatha put 
up a pillar about four gems from Rdmoswara and half way between the two 
seas, and bringing many people from Kandukala there, he made them re- 
pair all the viharas in Ceylon which they the Tamils had themselves de- 
stroyed : and he formed at that place a town called Parakrama, surrounding 
it with a large rampart, two thousand four hundred cubits long, and there 
he lived. 
At that time when the Sinhalese army having encamped was collecting 
their forces from the divisions* Lokacukundi and Colaganga, Kulasekhara 
sent Sundara, the Pandu king, and many councillors to the war, but Lanka- 
rapura defeated them in three pitched battles, and took the town Marukkatta. 
Prom thence in the battle with Alawana Perumal, he overcame the follow- 
ing countries, villages, and townsf with their inhabitants, viz., Kolinraya, 
Maruluthupaya, Sokacakundiya, Marawaraya, and Kunappunalliiraya. Again, 
when the three chiefs Uttaraya, Gopuraya, and Kirtigajadwiraya assembled 
their forces in Sempota-marita, he defeated the three armies of Kunnawara, 
Kallara, and Wallakunnara, and took all their horses, chariots, elephants, 
and baggage. 
Kulasekhara then prepared for a campaign in the Kandayu district, 
called Wisutrippalu, and with his generals Tuwaradhipati, Welara, Nanda- 
matarana, Wirajjerayara, Nigasarayara, K ala wadi- n ala wara, Kanga-rayara, 
and many others surrounded Kandayuruwa. But the Sinhalese comman- 
ders, the energetic Lankapura and Jagadwijaya consulted together, joined 
their forces, gave battle, and broke the armies of Kulasekhara and his Tamil 
warriors, who fled to their own countries, and closing all their doors and 
gates made themselves fast there. Then Dewa Lankapura and his generals 
mucli that generals were chosen from the high civil officers, as that the high civil 
appointments were filled (as is often the case in the backward states of society) by 
military men. 
* This use of the word mandalika is inconsistent with that noted above ; but 
the dictionaries do not give the word, and the names seem clearly to point above to 
men, and here to countries. Narasinha-deva could scarcely be applied to a country, 
and Colaganga is as unlikely a name for a man. 
f Niyamagrama. 
