The hill-range of Riṭigala is located about twenty-five miles south-east of Anurādhapura and eighteen miles north-east of Dam̆bulla. The range has numerous caves, rocks, ruins and inscriptions. Wickremasinghe describes four groups of inscriptions at different locations in the mountain range:
[1] Āṇḍiyā-kanda (east spur) – 10 cave-inscriptions.
[2] Karam̆bǟ-hīnna (north-west spur) – 2 cave-inscriptions (of which only one is described by Wickremasinghe).
[3] Nā-ulpata, also called Nā-arambädda-hīnna (west and south-west spur) – 1 cave-inscription; 4 rock-inscriptions (of which only three are described by Wickremasinghe).
[4] Vēväl-tänna (lower eastern spur) – 1 cave-inscription; 1 rock-inscription.
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| Inscription ID | IN03047 |
| Title | Riṭigala Nā-ulpata Cave Inscription |
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| Parent Object | OB03030 |
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| Author | Don Martino de Zilva Wickremasinghe |
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| Language | Sinhalese Prakrit |
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| Topic | donation of a cave to the Buddhist priesthood |
| Date: | |
| Min | -100 |
| Max | 0 |
| Comment | Basis for dating: palaeographic similarities to cave inscriptions nos. 2-7 at Āṇḍiyā-kanda (see IN03034-IN3040), which Wickremasinghe dates to the first century B.C. |
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| Description | Letter size not reported. Brāhmi script of the first and second centuries B.C. |
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| Description | Campus size not reported. One line inscribed on the brow of a cave below the 'drip-line'. |
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| References | Edited by Wickremasinghe in Epigraphia Zeylanica 1 (1904-12): 135-153, no. 10. |
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