Much is written of the war of 205 BC to 161 BC between Sinhala King Dutugemunu and Ellalan for the city of Anuradhapura, and the central role played by Dutugemunu's Ten Giant Warriors or Ten Great Giants (Sinhala: දසමහා යෝධයෝ, romanized: daśamaha yôdoyo). According to the chronicle Mahavamsa the men were drafted into Royal ...