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1. Jump up to: 1Paranavitana, Senarath (1953). _The shrine of Upulvan at Devundara: Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of Ceylon: Volume VI_. Archaeological Department, Colombo. p.1.
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2. ↑Wickremasinghe, D.M.D.Z. (1912). _Epigraphia Zeylanica_. Archaeological Survey of Ceylon. p.132.
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3. Jump up to: 1The Buddhist Vishnu: Religious Transformation, Politics, and Culture, By John C. Holt, pp. 5, 67-87, 97-100, 113, 257, 343, 413 (Columbia University Press) ISBN978-0231133234
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4. Jump up to: 1"Sri Lanka Census Map". _statistics.gov.lk_. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. 2012. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
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5. ↑_Proceedings_. International Association of Tamil Research, Department of Indian Studies, University of Malaya. 1968. p.481. In this context, it may be of interest to cite a few place-names in other parts of the Island, with a Tamil origin; in the Western Coast such as Puttalam, Ciläpam (Chilaw), Nirkolumbo (Nikumpalai, Negombo), Kalattarai (Kalutara), Pãnanturai (Pãnadura), Mätarai (Matara), Teivanturai (Dondra)...
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6. ↑Tennent, James Emerson (1859). "The Northern Forests". _Ceylon; an account of the island physical, historical and topographical, with notices of its natural history, antiquities, and productions_. London: Longman, Green; Longman, Roberts. p.20. OCLC2975965.
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7. ↑Horatio John Suckling. _Ceylon: A General Description of the Island, Historical, Physical, Statistical_ (1994). pp.262
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8. ↑Henry William Cave. (1996). _Golden Tips_. pp. 466
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9. ↑Battuta Ibn. _Travels in Asia and Africa, 1325–1354_. p. 260.
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10. ↑Robert D. Kaplan. (2010) _Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power_
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11. ↑112th death anniversary of C. H. de Soysa – philanthropist unequalled, Dr. K. N. M. D. Cooray Daily News (Sri Lanka) Retrieved 15 October 2015
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12. ↑Wood, James, ed. (1907). "Dondra Head". _The Nuttall Encyclopædia_. London and New York: Frederick Warne.
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