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Economic activities during the Kurunegala epoch – By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Source : dailynews Historians will not consider Kurunegala as a particular era during the Sinhala Kingdoms because four to five kings reigned during this era. It is not recognisable as a historical period. According to ‘Dalada Pujawaliya’ during the Kurunegala era, approximately one hundred per cent of the Government’s income from ships was directed to the sacred temple where the Buddha’s Tooth Relic is housed. The income from the ships aided Sinhala kings in maintaining the country as a leading source of income along with trade. Aryans The Aryans who came to Sri Lanka dealt with agriculture and raised paddy farming to an excellent level up to the Twelfth Century. Whilst the water was obtained through irrigation systems during that epoch, through lakes and ponds, the people managed to do paddy farming in the North and Southeast. A decline ...