Tribes in Ancient India c38.21

c38.21

Some years later (between 12 and 16 A.D.), the wicked queen Anulā poisoned all her husbands in succession; among them were two Damiḷas, namely Vaṭuka and Niliya.⁷ Though there must have been Damiḷa incursions during the succeeding four centuries, we have no definite dates until 433 A.D. when a Damiḷa usurper named Paṇḍuka reigned in Ceylon for five years, after killing King Mittasena.⁸ A little later, another Damiḷa usurper named Pithiya ruled at Anurādhapura for seven months, and was then killed in battle.⁹