The inscription is situated in the ruins of an ancient site, close by the Ratmale wewa, south-west from Anurādhapura, not far from the Kurunegala Road. Four lines are engraved on a large slab rock. The inscription mentions three names of kings: Devānapiya Tisa-maharaja, Devānapiya Puṭikaṇa Gamiṇi Abhaya-maharaja, Devānapiya Naka-maharaja. These have been identified by Goldschmidt and Müller as the kings Vaṅkanāsika Tissa, Gaja-bāhu and Mahallaka Nāga of the Mahāvaṁsa. The inscription records the donation from the king Mahallaka Nāga (circa A.D. 135-141) of gruel, boiled rice, undergarments and silk outer garments for the Vassa ceremony to 20 monks at Vihirabijaka and at Muṭigulika and Parivataka monasteries.
Hail! The great king Naka, beloved [of the gods, son (?) of] the great king Pu(ṭi)kaṇa Gamiṇi Abhaya, beloved of the gods, [and] grandson of the great king Tisa, beloved of the gods, having caused [to prepare] gruel, boiled rice and undergarments for (presentation at) the Vassa ceremony, granted [the same] for the benefit of twenty monks (śramaṇa) of the community of bhikṣus at Vihirabijaka and at Muṭigutika and Parivataka . . . . . . . Buddhist monasteries. [His Majesty, moreover] granted outer garments . . . . . . having had them woven in silk [for the purpose].