Note 1 — CHAP. III
Reading edition
: For an account of the earliest trade in cinnamon, see post Part v. ch. ii. on the Knowledge of Ceylon possessed by the Arabians.
2: Mahawanso, ch. xxii. p. 134, &c. &c.
3: Ibid., ch. xxiii. p. 142; ch. xxxi. p. 186.
4: A.D.459. Mahawanso, ch. xxxviii. p. 258.
5: Ibid, ch. xxiii. p. 138.
6: Ibid, ch. xxix. p. 169; ch. xxx. p. 179.
7: Ibid., ch. xxiii. p. 139; Rajaratnacari, p. 49.
8: Ibid, ch. xxix. p. 169; Rajaratnacari p. 51.
9: Mahawanso, ch. xxx. p. 177; Rajavali, p. 269. Woollen cloth is described as "most valuable"—an epithet which indicates its rarity, and probably foreign origin.
10: Mahawanso, ch. xiv. p. 82; ch. xv. p. 87; ch. xxv. p. 151; carpets of wool, ib. ch. xxvii. p. 164.