The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c32.62

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There is much discrepancy in the accounts of this period. The Msr. gives the names and dates thus: Balat Sivuvā, 14 months; Vaṭuka, 14 months; the chaplain, 6 months; Vāsuki, an astrologer, 13 months; Bälä Tisu, 13 months; Anulā alone, 4 months; Kalan Tisa, 20 years. The Vr. has the variant names Balavat Siṭuvāya and Bälani Tissa, and calls Kuṭakaṇṇa Kalantika Tissa. One R. gives Sūra for Siva, with 14 months (but 1 year in the Rvp.), and places after him a Tamil named Mukalan with a reign of 14 months (in the Rvp. called Mukhanandi, with a reign of 1 year), the chaplain with 6 months (1 year in the Rvp.), Anulā with 4 months, Mukalan Tissa with 1 year, etc. The Dip. assigns 3 months to Niliya (xx, 29).