The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.s5.20

v3.c29.s5.20

Of the next two kings, Bhuvaneka-Bāhu III, called also Vanni Bhuvaneka-Bāhu, and Vijaya-Bāhu V, called in the *Mahāvamsa* Jaya-Bāhu, and in Sinhalese works Savuḷu Vijaya-Bāhu, hardly anything is known. They seem to have reigned in Kuruṇǟgala for about twenty years, one after the other, from A.D. 1326 to 1346. Bhuvaneka-Bāhu IV then ascended the throne. His capital was Gaṅgāçrīpura (Gampola). The Laṅkātilaka inscription (British Museum copy) of this king's minister, Senālaṅkādhikāra, gives *Saka* 1264 (A.D. 1342) as the date of his accession, but according to the *Mahāvaṁsa* and other historical works he succeeded in A.B. 1890 (A.D. 1346). The difference of four years may be explained by assuming that the first was the year of his accession to the rank of sub-king, and the second that of his assumption of sovereign power. The Vāgiri-devāle inscription is dated in the tenth regnal year, so that Bhuvaneka-Bāhu IV must have reigned for at least ten years, four years (1342–46) as Äpā, and six years (1346–52) as king.