The name of this city that Ibn Battua mentions in his Rihla is Kunakar. The translation of the Rihla notes that this city is unknown, but in some articles the town of Kunakar is referred to as Gampola.  Gampola was an important city when Ibn Battuta visited Ceylon (Sri Lanka) because it was the seat of the government of Ceylon from 1314 to 1415 CE. During this time the King was Buwanekabahu the Fourth who made Gampola the capital. In Gampola there is the longest sleeping Buddha statue in Southern Asia.

Ibn Battuta visited Kunakar (Gampola) en route to the Mountain of Sarandib (Adam’s Peak). When he first arrived, he tells the story of Shaikh Othman, who used to give tours to the footprint on Adam’s Peak. He had died, but people still visited his tomb and his sons and slaves took over leading the tours. He died  because he had slaughtered a cow. The Hindus of the town cut off his hand and foot, and consequently he died. The Shaikh was highly revered by the people, including the Hindus, so they did not kill him, but mutilated him. Ibn Battuta goes on to discuss things in the town that were foreign to him such as rubies, monkeys, and flying leeches. He says that the rubies are beautiful and very rare. The women in Ceylon have jewelry made out of the rubies, and the men mine them. The type of monkeys he saw have beards and long tales and are black. They were identified as wanderoo monkeys. He discusses some odd activities that occurred between the female inhabitants of the town and the monkeys. These activities resulted in the father of a girl killing the monkey for its lewd behavior. Lastly, he discusses the leeches. The leeches would jump out of the water and suck on the skin of people. He says that the only way to get them off was to squeeze lemon juice on the leeches, but one man did not notice the leech and he died from too much blood loss. Ibn Battuta moved on from Kunakar to the Mountain of Sarandib to see the footprint, and he did not stay in Ceylon for a very long time.