Mukkara Hatana

The Mukkara Hatana ("The Mukkuvar War") is a 17th-century palm leaf manuscript from Sri Lanka, now in the Hugh Nevill collection at the British Museum.[1] It is in the style of other local histories such as Kadaim-poth and Vitti-poth.

The story in the Mukkara Hatana is also found in Rajasimha Kale Pravrti and Vanni Upatha in much the same form. These are also in the British Museum. These manuscripts were preserved by the descendants of the Karava chiefs of Negombo.

King Rajasinghe II (1634 – 1686 )

Hugh Nevill had also discovered another version of this manuscript preserved by the Karavas of Tamankaduwa. Their copy additionally says that their ancestors betrayed the Karava leaders and the Portuguese, and helped King Râjasimha II to capture the port of Negombo in 1646 and were rewarded with Egoda Pattu and several villages in the Matale district as fiefs.

Plot

The Mukkara Hatana is an account of the defeat of the Mukkuvar by the Karaiyars in the Saka era 1159 and the taking of the fort of Puttalam after a three-month siege.[2] They are said to have proceeded to Nagapattinam where one of the royal leaders Manikka Thalaivan was killed. That fort too is said to have been taken after the loss of 1,500 troops. Manikka Thalaivan's sons were eventual adopted by Parakramabahu VI, one of whom is known as Sapumal Kumaraya.[3]

The leaders in this operation were Vaccanatu Thevar, Kurukula Nattu Thevar, Manikka Thalaivan, Adirasa Adappan, Varna Suriya Thomaram Nathan Adappan, Kurukula Surya Mudiyanse, Bharathakula Suriya Mudiyanse, and Arasakula Suriya Mudiyanse. These were all Kurukula chiefs from Kanchi, Kilakarai and Kaveri Puttanum. They had settled between Puttalam and Negombo.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Nadaraja, Tambyah (1972-01-01). The Legal System of Ceylon in Its Historical Setting. Brill Archive. pp. 34–35. ISBN 9004036377.
  2. ↑ McGilvray, Dennis B. (2008). Crucible of Conflict: Tamil and Muslim Society on the East Coast of Sri Lanka. Duke University Press. ISBN 0822341611.
  3. ↑ "Sapumal Kumaraya and Puran Appu - Later avatars of Prince Aba?". www.srilankaguardian.org. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  4. ↑ Fernando, A. Denis N. "Dona Catherina was the direct heiress by virtue of her heredity". Info Lanka.
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