Buwanekabahu IV is named as the 1st king of Gampola. His Prime Minister, Senadhilankara had employed four strategies to strengthen the security of the country. There is hardly any mention of Alagakkonara and Raigama – by this time. Scholars are made to believe that even those areas had been ruled by Gampola.

This week marks the death anniversary of a highly respected authority on Sri Lanka's 'aadivaasi' – indigenous people, the Veddas. He is Dr. Richard Lionel Spittel (1881-1969), surgeon who was also an anthropologist and naturalist who passed away on September 3, 1969.