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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Min | -100 |
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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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