| Metadata |
| Inscription ID |
IN03027 |
| Title |
Anuradhapura Slab Inscription of Kassapa V |
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| Parent Object |
OB03022
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| Responsibility |
| Author |
Don Martino de Zilva Wickremasinghe |
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| Language |
සිංහල
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| Reigning monarch |
Kassapa V |
| Commissioner |
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| Topic |
record of benefactions conferred on the Silāmēgha-pabbata Vihāra at the Abhayagiri and elaborate regulations for monastic duties and administration of temple property |
| Date: |
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| Min |
929 |
| Max |
939 |
| Comment |
Basis for dating: reign of Kassapa V.
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| Hand |
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| Description |
Letter size not reported. Script similar to the type employed in the Vessagiri Slab 1 Inscription (IN03023).
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| Layout |
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| Width |
99.6 |
| Height |
162.6 |
| Description |
Fifty-six lines of clear writing.
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| Decoration |
The edges of the slab are marked by a neatly moulded framing. |
| Bibliography |
| References |
Edited by Wickremasinghe in Epigraphia Zeylanica 1 (1904-12): 41-57.
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