Kandula 210178 189567759 2008-02-06T20:08:11Z Dimadick 24198 [[image:Kandula.jpg|thumb|right|270px|Kandula playing at the National Zoo; only the second elephant to be conceived following an long effort at perfecting artificial insemination]] '''Kandula''' is a famous [[elephant]] mentioned in the [[Mahavamsa]] by [[Mahanama]]. When King [[Duttagamani]] ([[101 BC|101]] - [[77 BC]]) was born, many gifts were said to have appeared spontaneously, among them a fine elephant who was found by a fisherman named ''Kandula''. The elephant was named for its finder and became the companion of Duttagamani, serving as his mount during the wars that led to the unification of [[Sri Lanka]]. An [[Asian Elephant]] born in [[2001]] at the [[National Zoo]] in [[Washington D.C.]] was named after Kandula. He is only the second [[Asian elephant]] to be conceived by artificial insemination. [[Category:2001 animal births]] [[Category:Famous elephants]] {{mammal-stub}}