ダミラ族への遠征前にドゥッタガーマニ王が生まれ統治したロハナの首都で、その歴史を通じてこの地域で最も重要な都市であり続けた。

The capital of Rohaṇa where King Duṭṭhagāmaṇī was born and ruled before his campaign against the Damiḷas, remaining the region’s most important city throughout its history.