南印度的泰米尔（Damiḷā）人，历史上多次入侵斯里兰卡，最著名的一次由 Eḷāra 率领并被 Duṭṭhagāmaṇī 击退，此外他们也大量定居岛上并充当雇佣兵。

The Tamil people of South India whose repeated invasions of Sri Lanka, most famously one led by Eḷāra and repelled by Duṭṭhagāmaṇī, are recorded throughout the island’s chronicles, and who also settled widely and served as mercenaries there.