"Epigraphia Zeylanica", 4 (1936) 229-236.A full discussion has been given recently by Karthigesu Indrapala, "Evolution of an Ethnic Identity",(2005), and in an earlier work, 1965 where Dr. Indrapala argued for a flourishing pre-Christian Buddhist civilization in Jaffna, in agreement with Paranavithana, and Mudliyar C. Rasanayakam, "Ancient Jaffna".