Pandukabhaya's mother was Princess Chithra, daughter of King Pandu Wasa Deva and his consort Bhadhdha-Kachchayana, along with her nine brothers.
Luckily, two wild boars happened to run past them, and they forgot about the basket in their eagerness to hunt the animals down.
(the two wild boars were commanders of yakka tribe named Chithraraja & Kalawela in disguise to protect the prince) That same year, King Panduvasudeva died and Abhaya became his successor.
While Pandukabhaya's uncles were satisfied at the time that they had eliminated their nephew, some years later they became suspicious again when they heard stories of a village boy who looked more like a prince than a herdsman's son.
When Pandukabhaya was about sixteen years old, Princess Chitra, fearing for her son's safety, arranged to have him live with a Brahman named Pandula.
Once he was old enough to become king, Pandukabhaya left Pandula, married his cousin Pali and fought his uncles to claim his right to the throne.
Pandukabhaya reigned over Sri Lanka for seventy years, leaving the country in a prosperous state when he died.