The inscription is written on two granite slabs, which stand near the old refectory, also called Bhōjana-sālā, on the left of the third set of steps (on four) on the western slope of the hill at Mihintale. The inscription is divided equally between the two slabs, each one bearing 58 lines of Sinhalese prose. They were installed by the king Mahinda IV (975-91 A.D.) and record rules and regulations for the administration of the monastery (the name of the monastery is not mentioned) and payments made to the service staff.
Translated in Turnour 1836: 84-90. Edited in Müller 1883: 57-58, 115-120, no. 121. Re-edited by Wickremasinghe in Epigraphia Zeylanica 1 (1904-12): 75-113, no. 7.
Turnour (1836) 84-90
Müller (1883) 57-58, 115-120, no. 121
Epigraphia Zeylanica 1 (1904-12) 75-113, no. 7