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His eldest son, Vijaya-Bāhu IV, also known as Bosat Vijaya-Bāhu, then ascended the throne at Dambadeṇiya, but had reigned for barely two years (A.D. 1266–68) when he was slain at the instigation of an officer named Mitta, who attempted to usurp the throne, but was put to death by the troops, who placed the murdered king’s brother, Bhuvaneka-Bāhu I of Yāpavu on the throne of Dambadeniya. He ruled for about eleven years (A.D. 1268–79), and was sedulous in promoting the interests of the Buddhist church. Shortly after his death Ceylon was visited by a famine. Āryachakravarti, who was then reigning in Jaffna, invaded the country, and succeeded in carrying away from Yāpavu the Tooth-relic, which he delivered to his king, Kulaçekhara, who has been identified with the Pāṇḍyan king, Māṟavarman Tribhuvana-chakravartin Kulaçekhara-deva (*c.* 1268–1308)¹. For nearly a year after this incident the land was in confusion, until Parakkama-Bāhu III, a son of Vijaya-Bāhu IV, assumed sovereignty at Poḷonnaruva. He made peace with Kulaçekhara, and recovered the Tooth-relic, which he afterwards deposited in a temple at Poḷonnaruva. He seems to have reigned for about seven years (A.D. 1281–88) before Bhuvaneka-Bāhu II, son of Bhuvaneka-Bāhu I, deposed him and reigned for two years at Kuruṇāgala. According to the *Daḷadāsirita* these two kings reigned contemporaneously at their respective capitals until the latter, for some reason or other, deposed the former, and brought the Tooth-relic from Poḷonnaruva to Kuruṇāgala.