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from seizing on the property of the priesthood." a somewhat more ancient form, I am not confident Kassapo VI. (954-964) sent his army to India that these kings and the inscriber of Maha (Mahdv.ch. lii.). He was succeeded, according to the Kalattawa are identical. In the inscription at AnuValdvariso, by his son Dappulo IV.(who reigned rådhapura (see in a former report) we find the king six months); and he again by Dappu!o V. (96+- reigning in his 19th year, while Kassapo V. 974); the next was Dappulo V.'s brother, Udayo according to the Mah dvamso, only reigned sevenIII. (974-977), who was followed by several short- teen years. reigned kings. A king Udayo is said (Mahdı. These are the names of the four kings I have ch. liv. 48) to have been the uncle of Mahindo spoken about, with those given to the same in the III.
Maháparso :Examining the rest of Simhalese history in this
Inscriptions.
Mahávaniso. period, we have no choice but to identify the three 1. Siri sang boy 1. Kassapo (V.) kings met with in the inscriptions above referred 2. Abhå (or Abhay) 2. Kassapo (VI.) to (Abha Siri sang bo, Abhå Salamewan Dapulu,
Siri sang bo MihindA or Siri sang boy Abahay) with Kassapo VI., Dappuļo V., Mahindo III., of the Mahavasso, 3. Abha Salamewan 3. Dappuļo (V.) respectively. With regard to Dappuļo IV., who
Dapuļu
(brother Udayo 111.) 1s called a son of Kassapo VI., we must doubt the correctness of the Vahadamso.
4. MihindA or Siri 4. Mahindo (III.) As I have stated, Mahindo was adipddo or apd
sañg boy Abahay 994-997; to this interval, therefore, the inscription The following are extracts from the inscriptions at Mayilagastota is to be attributed. The Mihintala above referred to: inscription is dated from the 16th year of his so- I.-Inscription of King Siri sang boy (Kassapo V. vereignty, i.e. 1012 or 1013.
at Maha Kalattowa (complete). To the same period as these belongs the fine
4.-(First side of the Pillar): pillar inscription of Maha k alattawa (now in
Siri sang boy ma purmuka pasaloswan ne the Museum, Colombo), which in a former report
nawaya pura dasa wak dawas Pandi rad Dapaļu I had attributed to king Siri saliga bo III. (702
wara me kap par ha kureli senim isa nawa 718). A king called Siri sang boy in it grants
taræ sængim isâ muhale Dåpula arak samanan the usual privileges to a village belonging to a nunnery built by the Chief Secretary Sen in honour
wara kuda sala daļ siwim iså kolpatri sanga of his mother. Now a chief secretary Seno is
ætalu wasp me tuwak denamo ek sewa wadamentioned (Mahdo. ch. lii.) as one who built and
leyin Sen maha endowed viharas under the reign of king Kassapo
B. V. (937-954), the father-in-law and immediate
læman tuman mæniyan næmin nam di kot predecessor of Kassapo VI. or Abha Siri safig bo karana lad Nål-aram meheni-warhi tuman of the inscriptions. Although the name Sena is tubu wat sirit/hi se da waspatâ mahaweheræ common enough, this coincidence, I believe, is too mahaboyæ diy wada wedi meheņi wat hambu remarkable for us to hesitate to recognize in
wat satdenak/hat satar pasa wayatu karana him the same person just mentioned, provided
kot wadala kærana bimhi â wa Gitelgau that the language and palæography of the inscrip
gamat attâņi pæræhær de rawanæ ge wadna tion speak in favour of this identification, as they do indeed. As therefore Siri sang boy, the king re
kot iså de kamtæn no wara ferred to, cannot have lived before Kassapo V., and
C. the successors of Kassapo V. are mentioned under
nê kot isâ mañg-giya piya-giga no wadna kot isa ditforent names in the inscriptions, this Siri danumandul melat śrî rad kol kæmiyan no wadná sang boy must be Kassa po V. himself. Itkot isâ wariyan gam gen geri no ganna kot isa is therefore between 937 and 951 that the inscrip. gæl miwan no wadna kot wadaleyin & me káp tion at Maha Kalattawa (the Kulatthav&pi of par ha kureți senim isâ me kåp par nawa turæ the Mahavamso, where the decisive battle be
sængim isA kuda salâ dal siwim isa kolpattra tween Dutthagâ mani and Eldro was fought) must
sanga etaļu wa æp me tuwak dena have been written. There are some other inscriptions of king Siri sang boy (or bo) (at Mihintala, Anuradhapura, and Gômkollaws near Madawach
mo ek sewa awud me Gitelgamn gamat attaņi chiya, the two latter now in the Museum, Colombo)
pærebær denu ladi. which begin with precisely the same words, but,
Literal translation. as the characters in which they are written are of "His majesty Siri sang.boy, in the 15th
