The Journal of the Greater India Society July 1937

Thereupon the troops and the people became rebellious and the trobles came to an end only after the Princes and the King had stooped to obtain the pardon of the bhikkhus (53.14-27). [...] In the description of the king's reign the chroniclers never omit to enumerate the meritorious deeds (pun ' iäni) performed by the ruler for the welfare of the laity and clergy (lokscisana): the constrution of tanks in order to enlarge the cultivable ground and with regard to the Buddhist community the foundation or restoration of temples and other sacred buildings the eretion of topes [...] The Sinhalese kings not only cared for the intrinsic welfare and reputation of the bhikkhus but many of them were also eager for the propagation of the Buddhist faith for the moral integrity of the Order and for the purity of the doctrine. [...] The actual frontier of the royal province was further to the North between Ambavanarattha in the valley of the Ambanganga and the district of Janapada. [...] The first was the country round the Mahakandiya-tank about thirty miles South-South-West of Batticaloa and the name of the second is preserved in the present village and district of Buttala.