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  • A village in the Dakkhiṇadesa region of Sri Lanka where Saṅghatissa once camped, later given by Dāṭhopatissa II to a monastery’s meditation hall, and mentioned in accounts of Parakkamabāhu I’s military campaigns.

  • A reservoir built by Mahāsena and later repaired by Parakkamabāhu I, who also constructed a canal from it to Sūkaranijjhara.

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