以补罗提城为中心的斯里兰卡北部地区之名，与罗诃那、南方国相对而言，历经南印度入侵者反复攻伐，最终迫使僧伽罗王都南迁。

The name for northern Sri Lanka centred on Pulatthipura, as distinguished from Rohaṇa and Dakkhiṇadesa, which became the battleground of repeated invasions from South India until the Sinhalese capital finally moved south.