have been three inscriptions and some 75,000 late Roman coins found in earthen vessels in the region. See also Mahavamsa List of Sri Lankan monarchs History of Sri Lanka Cilappatikaram Footnotes References Bopearachchi, Osmund (1996). "Seafaring in the Indian Ocean: Archaeological Evidence from Sri Lanka" In: Tradition and Archaeological: Early Maritime Contacts in the Indian Ocean. Eds Himanshu Prabha Ray, Jean-François Salles. Reprint 1998. Manohar, New Delhi, pp. 59–77. . Kessler, Oliver (1998). "The Discovery of an Ancient Sea Port at the Silk Road of the Sea. Archaeological Relics of the Godavaya Harbaour". In M. Domroes/H. Roth (eds.): Sri Lanka, Past and Present. Weikersheim: Margraf Verlag, 12–37. . Ray, Himanshu Prabha. (2003). The Archaeology of Seafaring in Ancient South Asia. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, U.K. (hbk); (pbk). 'The Cult of the Goddess Pattini', Gamini Obeysekara, University of Chicago Press 1984 Lakadiva.org : http://lakdiva.org/mahavamsa/ External links The Temple of Pattini, Kandy, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka's early kings Monarchs of Anuradhapura 2nd-century Sinhalese monarchs Year of birth uncertain 136 deaths Sinhalese kings House of Lambakanna I