The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.72

c8.72

A.D. 275. [In Ceylon Vohāraka Tissa came to the throne in succession to his father Śirināga I. Tissa’s brother Abhaya Nāga revolted, and fled to the main land. There he collected an army of Tamils. With these he returned to the island, defeated Tissa, and caused him to fly for refuge to the Malaya country, whither he was pursued and killed, Abhaya carrying off Tissa’s queen. (Mahāwaṃśa ch. xxxvi.)