Vickrama Cinkaiariyan () was the fourth of the
Aryacakravarti
The Arya Chakravarti dynasty (, Sinhalese: ආර්ය චක්රවර්තී රාජවංශය) were kings of the Jaffna Kingdom in Sri Lanka. The earliest Sri Lankan sources, between 1277 and 1283, mention a military leader of ...
kings of
Jaffna Kingdom
The Jaffna kingdom (, ; 1215–1619 CE), also known as Kingdom of Aryachakravarti, was a historical kingdom of what today is northern Sri Lanka. It came into existence around the town of Jaffna on the Jaffna peninsula and was traditionally t ...
. Author of the book “Ancient Jaffna” C. Rasanayagam calculated that he has been ruled Jaffna from 1279 to 1302 (23 years).
Yalpana Vaipava Malai
The ''Yalpana Vaipava Malai'' ( ; ''The History of the Kingdom of Jaffna'' in English) is an historical and mythical account on the early and medieval Jaffna and Ceylon island, originally written in Tamil by the poet Mayil Vaakanaar () in 1736, ...
says during his rule the county was in disorder. Riot occurred between Sinhalese and Tamils. Vickrama Cinkaiariyan ordered death sentences 17 Sinhalese and imprisoned many Sinhalese after the murder of 2 Tamils.
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Mayilvagana Pulavar, the author of Yalpana Vaipava Malai, described the event;
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References
Yalpana Vaipava Malai
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Kings of Jaffna
Sri Lankan Tamil royalty
Sri Lankan Tamil people