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 IN03051
Title Riṭigala Vēväl-tänna Cave Inscription
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Parent Object OB03032
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Author Don Martino de Zilva Wickremasinghe
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Language Sinhalese Prakrit
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Topic records the construction of a stupa
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Comment Basis for dating: palaeography.
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Description Letter size not reported. Pre-Christian Brāhmi script.
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Description Campus size not reported. One line inscribed on a cave, above five crudely engraved maṇgala symbols.
Decoration Beneath the inscription are five crudely engraved maṇgala symbols: (1) a svastika, (2) a caitya, (3) a cakra, (4) a Buddhist trident, (5) a smaller figure of no. 4.
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References Edited by Wickremasinghe in Epigraphia Zeylanica 1 (1904-12): 135-153, no. 10.
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