Note 1 — CHAP. VII
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: In some instances the soldiers of the king were employed in forming works of irrigation.
2: Mahawanso, ch. xxxviii.
3: Ibid., ch. xxvii.
4: Rajavali, p. 237, 238. Exceptions to the extortion of forced labour for public works took place under the more pious kings, who made a merit of paying the workmen employed in the erection of dagobas and other religious monuments.—Mahawanso, ch, xxxv.
5: Maharwanso, ch. x.