The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c32.35

v1.c32.35

A Rājāvaliya inserts after Sūra Tissa an Upatissa with a reign of 10 years, and makes the two brothers Sena and Guttaka into one person, whom it describes as *aviçchāri* (perhaps for *açvāchāri*) *devi kenek*; the printed R. describes them as 'two brothers who were horsemen.' The Dīp. (XVIII, 47) assigns to them only 12 years. Asela is not said by the Vr. to be a son of Muṭasiva. His successor's name is usually given in Sinhalese as *Elāla*; the same R. calls him a Malala (Malabari) from Soli (Chōḷa-deça), and says that he brought over 1,080,000 Tamil soldiers and behaved with great impiety, desecrating the monasteries of Devenipä Tisa.