This inscription is incised on a rock situated to the west of the ruined stupa at Mädagama Vihāra in the Tisāva Kōraḷē of the Kuruṇǟgala District. Another inscription (IN03181) is written on the same rock in an almost identical script. Both inscriptions deal with matters related to the freeing of slaves and can be dated on palaeographic grounds to the seventh century A.D.

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Inscription ID IN03182
Title Mädagama Vihāra Rock Inscription 2
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Parent Object OB03143
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Author Senarath Paranavitana
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Language සිංහල
Reigning monarch
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Topic deals with matters related to the freeing of slaves
Date:
Min 600
Max 700
Comment Basis for dating: palaeography.
Hand
Letter size 5.08 cm
Description The letters are from 1½ to 2 inches (3.81 to 5.08 cm) in size.
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Width 71.12
Height 5.08
Description 1 line engraved on the surface of a rock. IN03181 is engraved on the same rock.
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Bibliography
References Edited and translated by Senarath Paranavitana in Epigraphia Zeylanica 4 (1934–41): 143–144, no. 17, III.
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