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 ccliv ence between ffemasttal Maha Raja and Amulcha Vara* shen Maha liaja who conquered them in four Sasttams and drove them out to Khandu* Desam (a Foreign Country ;) At that period the nouddahs threw all their property into the Wells, hid their Images underground and run away. Ai that time a Bouddha Sanyasi named ffemawattta finding no means of carrying off the proper- ty of the said Puduvole Gopuram he hid it in several brass pots which he secured in the midst of the Temple^ placed a large Chakram, t on the top, and by virtue of his Man trams it continually revolved with such a quick motion that no person dared approach it, and then fled fcway with the other Bouddhhs. After the Bouddhas had fled and the Jain Government was established, many people tried to carry otf the pro- p^rfj* from the said Puduvole Gopuram but they could not ; at last a Brahmin Priest of the Sri Vaishnava sect iianied Terumevje Alvar came to this place and tried Very in uch to obtain the Treasures of Puduvali Gopurum but Could not; he then enquired of some old people, by whom this Puduvole Gopuram was built, and iii what part of the country they are now ; they answered that in the commencement of the Salivahan Sakam^d uring the reign of the Bouddha Rajas, they built this Puduvali Gopuram but some time afterwards they were banished to Khandu Country by the Jaina Rajas ; about that period a Bouddna Sanyasi named Hemawanta secreted much treasure in that Gopuram^ and placed a Chakram over it to guard the Treasure, wherefore if you go to Kandy the Bouddha people will explain to you the best means of procuring the Treasury of Puduvali Gopuram. Accordingly he proceeded to the Kandy Country visited the Bouddha Sanyasis who then enquired of Terumerye Almar* •' Who are you and from whence do you come ?" Terumevje Alusar replied " That he came from Chola Mandalam" The ■ — — — — — —— -^— — * ■ i» t Chakram. Sans, literally signifies a Wheel, the Tradition is that this Wheel was armed with sharp edged tools on all sides and by its rotatory motion debarred ail approach. C. M.
 * Khundy C. M. Ceylon is probably intended H. H. W.