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.
Hail! Prosperity! On the ninth of the waxing moon of Hiḷa in the year following the . . . of His Majesty the Sovereign Lord (Śrīmat Siri San̆gabo) Śrī Bhuvanaika Bāhu, born of the spotless clan of Prince Sumitra, sprung from the race of the Sun in lineal descent from Mahā Sammata named Vaiva-svata Manu, sovereign lord of Tri Siṁhaḷa and lord of the nine gems, (His Majesty), having provided for the order that Divigoḍa . . . . in the Gālu Kōraḷaya . . . . . . . . fields . . . . . . . . . . . . should be enjoyed . . . . . . . . . . . . the lotus-coloured divine king [Viṣṇu], and be possessed so long as sun and moon endure by the Mahā Thero of the Senevirat–muḷa establishment and continue permanently in the religious descent of his children and grandchildren, was pleased to command in the midst of the Mudaliyārs, whilst seated on the lion throne in the palace of [Jayavardhana–Kōṭṭē] that the (requisite) copper plate should be written and given. I, Sanhas Tiruvaran̆gan Nay . . . . , (certify) that this sanhas copper plate has been written and given in obedience thereto.
Of giving and protecting (what has been given), protecting is nobler than giving. By giving one attains heaven, by protecting Nirvāṇa.