EEELamaya,
I know it's bit too late 'cos probably you aren't around now. But.. you said
Anyway, my argument was that Ellalan was ruling Anuradapura, till Dutugamunu killed him and occupied the city. This one you cannot deny (because other wise there would not have been this famous war).
So, technically, we Tamils have a claim to Anuradapura (or Elallan Puram).
Do you know how Elara(or Ellalan) came to be the ruler of Anuradhapura? I doubt your history book in TCHR would tell you that.
Elara or as he is called in Sinhala Elala, was a Tamil from the Chola country, of which Tanjore was the capital in mediaeval times: he invaded Lanka and put Asela to death.
http://lakdiva.org/codrington/chap02.html
So he is just another invader (like portuguese or English!) who invaded and killed the King at the time(Asela, youngest brother of Devanampiya Thissa - BTW if this Devanam is a Tamil name as you said, Emparor Asoka also should be a tamil 'cos he is Devanampriyadarshi Asoka).
Do read http://lakdiva.org/codrington/ if you like history.
Edited By - ThinKing - 5 Dec 2007 12:42:52 GMT |