Vessagiri, or more commonly in Sinhalese Vessagiriya, is the traditional name of a forest-bound cluster of rocks in Anurādhapura. The site features three hummock-boulders of gneiss rock in a line from north to south (Rock A, Rock B and Rock C). The hummocks are surrounded by the ruins of a monastery, which had its cells in the caves of Rocks B and C (twenty-three caves in total). Some of the caves are inscribed with dedications to the Buddhist priesthood, plus there are a number of other rock inscriptions at the site.
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| Inscription ID | IN03008 |
| Title | Vessagiri Rock B Cave 1 Inscription |
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| Parent Object | OB03007 |
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| Author | Don Martino de Zilva Wickremasinghe |
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| Language | Sinhalese Prakrit |
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| Topic | dedication of a cave to the Buddhist priesthood |
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| Min | -150 |
| Max | -100 |
| Comment | Basis of dating: paleography, conjecture. |
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| Description | Letter size not reported. Brāhmī lipi or Mauryan script. |
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| Description | Dimensions not reported. Three lines incised on the brow of Rock B Cave 1 at Vessagiri, just below the kaṭāraya or drip-line. |
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| References | Edited by Wickremasinghe in Epigraphia Zeylanica 1 (1904-12): 18. |
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