The earliest extant references to the name "Nicobar" is in the Sri Lankan Pali Buddhist chronicles, the "Dipavamsa" (c. 3rd or 4th century CE) and the "Mahavamsa" (c. 4th or 5th century), which state that the children of the followers of the legendary founder of the Sri Lankan Kingdom, Vijaya, landed on "Naggadipa" (the island of the children, from the Pali nagga meaning 'naked').