The inscription was found at Noccipotāna, about one and a half miles from Galegama in Egoḍapattuva in the Tamankaḍuva district, some sixty miles south-east of Anurādhapura. It consists of 46 lines in the Sinhalese alphabet of 10th century A.D. engraved on three sides of a stone pillar. The inscription records a grant of immunities to the village of Mun̆uneḷuva-gama and is dated to the ninth year of the reign of Abhā Salamevan. It is therefore seven years later than the Kirigallǟva inscription of the same king (IN03065). Wickremasinghe suggests that the biruda Abhā Salamevan refers in this instance to Udaya I.

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Inscription ID IN03066
Title Noccipotāna Pillar Inscription
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Parent Object OB03046
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Author Don Martino de Zilva Wickremasinghe
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Language සිංහල
Reigning monarch Abhā Salamevan
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Topic records a grant of immunities to the village of Mun̆uneḷuva-gama
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Min 900
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Comment Basis for dating: palaeography. The inscription is dated to the ninth year of the reign of Abhā Salamevan. Wickremasinghe suggests that the biruda Abhā Salamevan refers in this instance to Udaya I, who reigned from 901 to 912 A.D.
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Letter size 6.35
Description Letter size varies from 1¼ to 2½ inches (3.18 to 6.35 cm). Sinhalese alphabet of 10th century A.D.
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Width 35.56
Height 152.4
Description 46 lines inscribed on three sides of a stone pillar, horizontally ruled for the purpose. There are 19 lines on each of the first two sides and 8 lines on the third.
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References Edited by Wickremasinghe in Epigraphia Zeylanica 2 (1912-27) 5-8, no. 2.
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