Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and / Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and / Productions, Volume 1

by Sir James Emerson Tennent

CHAP. IX

KINGS OF THE LOWER DYNASTY.

• Sovereigns of the Lower Dynasty, a feeble race [385]
• Kings who were sculptors, physicians, and poets [386]
• Earliest notice of Foreign Embassies to Rome and to China [387]
• Notices of Ceylon by Chinese Historians [387]
• Fa Hian visits Ceylon A.D. 413 [387]
• Anecdote related by Fa Hian (note) [388]
• History of "the Sacred Tooth" [388]
• Murder of the king Dhatu Sena, A.D. 459 [389]
• Infamous conduct of his son [391]
• The fortified rock Sigiri [392]

CHAP. X.

DOMINATION OF THE MALABARS.

• Origin of the Malabar invaders of Ceylon [395]
• The ancient Indian kingdom of Pandya [395]
• Malabar mercenaries enlisted in Ceylon [395]
• B.C. 237. Revolt of Sena and Gutika [395]
• B.C. 205. Usurpation of Elala [396]
• B.C. 103. Second Malabar invasion [396]
• A.D. 110. Third Malabar invasion [396]
• Jewish evidence of Malabar conquest (note)[396]
• A.D. 433. Fourth Malabar invasion [397]
• The influence of the Malabars firmly established [398]
• Distress of the Singhalese in the 7th century, as described by Hiouen Thsang [399]
• A.D. 642. Anarajapoora deserted, and Pollanarrua built [400]
• The Malabars did nothing to improve the island [401]
• A.D. 840. A fresh Malabar invasion [401]
• The Singhalese seek to conciliate them by alliances [402]
• A.D. 990. Another Malabar invasion [402]
• Extreme misery of the island [402]
• A.D. 1023. The Malabars seize Pollanarrua and occupy the entire north of the island [403]

CHAP. XI.

THE REIGN OF PRAKRAMA BAHU.

• A.D. 1071. Recovery of the island from the Malabars [404]
• Wijayo Bahu I. expels the Malabars [405]
• Birth of the Prince Prakrama [405]
• His character and renown [405]
• Immense public works constructed by him [406]
• Restores the order of the Buddhist priesthood [406]
• Intercourse between Siam and Ceylon [406]
• Temples and sacred edifices built by Prakrama [407]
• The Gal-Wihara at Pollanarrua [407]
• Ruins of Pollanarrua [408]
• Extraordinary extent of his works for irrigation [409]
• Foreign wars of Prakrama [409]
• His conquests in India [410]
• The death of Prakrama Bahu [410]

CHAP. XII.