The inscription is engraved on a charred copper plate. When H. W. Codrington recorded the plate was in the third volume of Epigraphia Zeylanica in the 1930s, he noted that it was in the possession of the in the possession of the Palkum̆bura Vihārē in Hārispattuva of the Kandy District. However, the record relates to a different temple. The plate has been badly damaged by fire. It is dated in the reign of Bhuvanaika Bāhu VII and records a grant of land, subject to a payment to Viṣṇu, to the Mahā Thero of the Senevirat-muḷa establishment.
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| Inscription ID | IN03135 |
| Title | Palkum̆bura Sannasa of Bhuvanaika Bāhu VII |
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| Parent Object | OB03111 |
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| Author | H. W. Codrington |
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| Language | සිංහල |
| Reigning monarch | Bhuvanaika Bāhu VII |
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| Topic | records a grant of land, subject to a payment to Viṣṇu, to the Mahā Thero of the Senevirat-muḷa establishment |
| Date: | |
| Min | 1521 |
| Max | 1551 |
| Comment | Basis for dating: reign of Bhuvanaika Bāhu VII (1521–1551). The inscription is dated but the regnal year is not legible due to the damaged condition of the plate. |
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| Description | Letter size not reported. Script of the type employed at Kōṭṭē in the sixteenth century. |
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| Width | 23.368 |
| Height | 8.128 |
| Description | 15 lines engraved on both sides of a copper plate (8 lines on the obverse, 7 lines on the reverse). |
| Decoration | On the left-hand side of the observe are two double rectangular frames: the upper frame contains a symbol of the sun and it may be assumed that the lower frame originally contained a corresponding symbol of the moon, although it is no longer discernible. The reverse of the plate features an engraving of a clank shell, the emblem of Viṣṇu. |
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| References | Edited and translated by H. W. Codrington in Epigraphia Zeylanica 3 (1928-33) 240–247, no. 25. |
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