Note 1 — Chapter I
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: Ruanwellé, a fort about forty miles distant from Colombo, derives its name from the sands of the river which flows below it,—rang-welle, "golden sand." "Rang-galla," in the central province, is referable to the same root—the rock of gold.
2: Mahawanso, ch. xxiii. p. 166, 167.