The inscription is engraved on the portico of the so-called Häṭa-dā-gē, ‘the Shrine of Sixty Relics’, at Poḷonnaruva. It was discovered by S. M. Burrows in 1885; Burrows also discovered two further inscription in the shrine itself (IN03079 and IN03080). The inscription dates from the reign of Kīrti-Niśśaṅka-Malla (1187-1196 A.D.) and consists of 23 lines, starting with a Sanskrit stanza in triṣṭup śālinī metre and ending in a Sinhalese quatrain. Both of these stanzas contain Niśśaṅka-Malla’s appeal to future kings to protect and preserve the Dharma. The rest of the inscription describes some of Niśśaṅka-Malla’s administrative and charitable acts, including the building in stone of the Vaṭa-geya (‘Rotunda’), the (Niśśaṅka-latā-maṇḍapaya ‘Niśśaṅka flower-trail hall’), and the Niśśaṅka-daḷadā-geya (‘Niśśaṅka tooth-relic house’) at Poḷonnaruva.
[line 1] Śrī: Dharmas so ‘yaṁ sarbba-lok⸗aika-mānyaś śreyo dāyī sarbba-dā rakṣaṇīyaḥ[I]
[line 2] bhūpālendrān yācate kīrtti-hetor⸗bbhūyo bhūyo Vira-Niśśaṁka-Mallaḥ [II]
[line 3] Śrīmat anat utum guṇa-gaṇen hivi Okāvas-raja-parapurehi vū ākāśa-cā-
[line 4] -rī Kālin̆ga Cakravarttīn-vahansē kulen ā Śrī-Jayagopa-rājayan-vahanse nisā Pārbbatī
[line 5] mahā-devīn-vahanse kusen Kalin̆ga-raṭä Siṁha-purehi jāta-vū Siri-San̆gabo Vīra-rāja
[line 6] Niśśsaṁka-Malla Aprati-Malla Kālin̆ga Cakravarttīn-vahanse raja piḷiveḷin abhiṣeka
[line 7] ladin voṭunu pälä(n̆dä ma)haraja-tan pat-vä muḷu Lakdiva niṣkaṇṭaka koṭä perä-
[line 8] rajun no bada aya genä dustha kaḷa Laṁkāvāsīnṭa pas havuruddeka aya härä ha-
[line 9] -vurudu-patā pas tulābhārayak (dī) nam gam (vahal) sarak pamuṇu parapuru ran ruvan vastr⸗ābha-
[line 10] -raṇ⸗ādī boho vastu dī suvapat-karavā käti-aḍa häma kalaṭa-mä härä val maha vǟ tänä
[line 11] prāṇīnṭa abhaya dī tun-rajaya pädäkuṇu koṭä siyalu jala-durgga giri-durgga vana-
[line 12] durgga paṁka-durgga hā gam-bim balā loka-śāsana samraddha koṭä yuddh⸗ā-śāyen siyu-
[line 13] -ran̆ga senan̆ga pirivarā Dambadivu väḍä dvandva-yuddha senā-yuddha ilvā no ladin Co-
[line 14] -ḍa Pān̆ḍy⸗ādi raja-daruvan veḷagenä evū (ranä) ä(n̆gili) hā rāja-kanya-kāvan hā pan̆ḍu-
[line 15] -ru däkä jaya-stambha karavā Lakdivu väḍä melovä saturan näti-bävin para-lo-satu-
[line 16] -ran jinamhayi sitā (svadeśa) paradeśayehi boho satra naṁvā kap-ruk-se sara-
[line 17] -hā mahadan pavatvā daḷadā pātra dhātun-vahanseṭa urehi dā Vīra-Bāhu mahapāṇan-vaha-
[line 18] -nse hā dū Sarbbān̆ga-sundarīn-vahansē hā pudā de-denā-vahanse gaḷavanu piṇis(ä gha-)
[line 19] -na-ran dāgabak karavā śilāmaya Vaṭageya Niśśaṁka-latā-maṇ̆ḍapaya Niśśaṁka-daḷadāge-
[line 20] -ya karavā ananta vastu parityāga koṭä pūjākaravā boho gam-bim (vera-vässan) pu-
[line 21] -dā vadāḷa paridden matuvana raja-daruvanudu rakṣā karanu mānavi [symbol] daham name me muḷu lo
[line 22] saganneyā[,] sitā delo säpät adarin rakneyä[,] matuvana rajavirun mese sagan-
[line 23] -neyä[,] Kalin̆gu-Lakindu-Nisaka-raja guṇa (vindaneyä)
[line 1] Śrī: Dharmas so ‘yaṁ sarbba-lok⸗aika-mānyaś śreyo dāyī sarbba-dā rakṣaṇīyaḥ[I]
[line 2] bhūpālendrān yācate kīrtti-hetor⸗bbhūyo bhūyo Vira-Niśśaṁka-Mallaḥ [II]
[line 3] Śrīmat anat utum guṇa-gaṇen hivi Okāvas-raja-parapurehi vū ākāśa-cā-
[line 4] -rī Kālin̆ga Cakravarttīn-vahansē kulen ā Śrī-Jayagopa-rājayan-vahanse nisā Pārbbatī
[line 5] mahā-devīn-vahanse kusen Kalin̆ga-raṭä Siṁha-purehi jāta-vū Siri-San̆gabo Vīra-rāja
[line 6] Niśśsaṁka-Malla Aprati-Malla Kālin̆ga Cakravarttīn-vahanse raja piḷiveḷin abhiṣeka
[line 7] ladin voṭunu pälä(n̆dä ma)haraja-tan pat-vä muḷu Lakdiva niṣkaṇṭaka koṭä perä-
[line 8] rajun no bada aya genä dustha kaḷa Laṁkāvāsīnṭa pas havuruddeka aya härä ha-
[line 9] -vurudu-patā pas tulābhārayak (dī) nam gam (vahal) sarak pamuṇu parapuru ran ruvan vastr⸗ābha-
[line 10] -raṇ⸗ādī boho vastu dī suvapat-karavā käti-aḍa häma kalaṭa-mä härä val maha vǟ tänä
[line 11] prāṇīnṭa abhaya dī tun-rajaya pädäkuṇu koṭä siyalu jala-durgga giri-durgga vana-
[line 12] durgga paṁka-durgga hā gam-bim balā loka-śāsana samraddha koṭä yuddh⸗ā-śāyen siyu-
[line 13] -ran̆ga senan̆ga pirivarā Dambadivu väḍä dvandva-yuddha senā-yuddha ilvā no ladin Co-
[line 14] -ḍa Pān̆ḍy⸗ādi raja-daruvan veḷagenä evū (ranä) ä(n̆gili) hā rāja-kanya-kāvan hā pan̆ḍu-
[line 15] -ru däkä jaya-stambha karavā Lakdivu väḍä melovä saturan näti-bävin para-lo-satu-
[line 16] -ran jinamhayi sitā (svadeśa) paradeśayehi boho satra naṁvā kap-ruk-se sara-
[line 17] -hā mahadan pavatvā daḷadā pātra dhātun-vahanseṭa urehi dā Vīra-Bāhu mahapāṇan-vaha-
[line 18] -nse hā dū Sarbbān̆ga-sundarīn-vahansē hā pudā de-denā-vahanse gaḷavanu piṇis(ä gha-)
[line 19] -na-ran dāgabak karavā śilāmaya Vaṭageya Niśśaṁka-latā-maṇ̆ḍapaya Niśśaṁka-daḷadāge-
[line 20] -ya karavā ananta vastu parityāga koṭä pūjākaravā boho gam-bim (vera-vässan) pu-
[line 21] -dā vadāḷa paridden matuvana raja-daruvanudu rakṣā karanu mānavi [symbol] daham name me muḷu lo
[line 22] saganneyā[,] sitā delo säpät adarin rakneyä[,] matuvana rajavirun mese sagan-
[line 23] -neyä[,] Kalin̆gu-Lakindu-Nisaka-raja guṇa (vindaneyä)