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 IN03050
Title Riṭigala Nā-ulpata Rock Inscription 3
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Parent Object OB03031
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Author Don Martino de Zilva Wickremasinghe
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Language Sinhalese Prakrit
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Topic records the deeds and donations of a king
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Min 150
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Comment Basis for dating: palaeography. Wickremasinghe was not able to decipher the name of the king in this inscription but conjectured that it was Mahallaka Nāka Nāga (alias Devanapiya Naka-maharaja) on the basis of the deeds mentioned.
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Letter size 20.32
Description Estimated letter size between 12.7 and 20.32 cm.
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Width 457.2
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Description Two lines, each about 15 foot long, inscribed on a boulder in the west/south-west spur of the Riṭigala mountain range.
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References Edited by Wickremasinghe in Epigraphia Zeylanica 1 (1904-12): 135-153, no. 10.
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