H. C. P. Bell discovered the present inscription in 1910 in what was then believed to be the Jētavanārāma dāgaba. This dāgaba has since been shown to be part of the Abhayagiri vihara. The record consists of 16 lines of the top side of a slab, which has been reused to form one of the flag-stones of the pavement at the south altar of the dāgaba. Written in the Southern Brāhmī alphabet of the latter part of the 2nd or the first half of the 3rd century A.D., it records donations from the king Maḷu-Tisa to the Utara-maha-ceta, identified with the Abhayuttara-mahā-cētiya of the Abhayagiri-vihāra, as well as water regulations.
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| Inscription ID | IN03064 |
| Title | Jētavanārāma Inscription of Maḷu-Tisa |
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| Parent Object | OB03044 |
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| Author | Don Martino de Zilva Wickremasinghe |
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| Language | Sinhalese Prakrit |
| Reigning monarch | Maḷu-Tisa |
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| Topic | records donations from the king Maḷu-Tisa to the Utara-maha-ceta, identified with the Abhayuttara-mahā-cētiya of the Abhayagiri-vihāra, as well as water regulations |
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| Min | 229 |
| Max | 247 |
| Comment | Basis for dating: approximate reign of Maḷu-Tisa (as estimated by Wickremasinghe). |
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| Letter size | 6.35 |
| Description | Letter size varies from 1½ to 2½ inches (3.81 to 6.35 cm). Southern Brāhmī alphabet of the latter part of the 2nd or the first half of the 3rd century A.D. |
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| Width | 142.24 |
| Height | 208.28 |
| Description | 16 lines inscribed on the top side of a slab. |
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| References | Edited by Wickremasinghe in Epigraphia Zeylanica 1 (1904-12): 252-259, no. 22. |
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