The inscription was found near Perimiyankulam or Perumäiyaṉ-kuḷam, “the tank of the great personage”, or Perumäiyāṉa-kuḷam, “the great tank”, situated on the path to Galkaḍawala, one and a half miles north of the Sacred Bōdhi-tree at Anurādhapura. Müller (1883: 27) describes the inscription as “on a flat rock by the side of a hollowed-out cave”. There are many stone pillars near the place, which is north-west of the Laṅkārāmaya. The inscription is on the whole very well preserved. It consists of 4 lines recording a gift of revenue, derived from water supply in Palinakaraka tank in Tihalaka-karisa and in Ketavalika tank at Amanaratana, to a thēra named Majibuka (or -bika) for looking after certain dilapidated buildings at Patnagala belonging to the architect Ayisayi, son of Batakaya, keeper of the royal store.

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Inscription ID IN03029
Title Perimiyankulam Rock Inscription
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Parent Object OB03024
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Author Don Martino de Zilva Wickremasinghe
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Language Sinhalese Prakrit
Reigning monarch Vasabha
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Topic records a gift of revenue, derived from water-supply, to a Thēra named Majibuka (or -bika) for looking after certain dilapidated buildings at Patanagala or for expenses connected with connected with their repair and general up-keep
Date:
Min 66
Max 110
Comment Basis for dating: reign of Vasabha.
Hand
Letter size 5
Description Letter size approximate. The characters belong to the same alphabet as those of the Maha-Ratmale inscription of king Mahallaka Nāga (IN03028) but the type is older by at least fifty years.
Layout
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Width 243.84
Height 50.8
Description Four lines.
Decoration None.
Bibliography
References Edited in Müller 1883: 73, no. 7. Re-edited by Wickremasinghe in Epigraphia Zeylanica 1 1904-12: 66-74, no. 6.
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