This inscription is engraved on a rock called Maḍuvegala in the village of Aṁbagasväva in the Divigandahe Kōrale of the Hiriyāḷa Hatpattu, Kuruṇǟgala District. It is written in the Sinhalese script of about the sixth century and records that a named individual settled his debt and caused the cessation of his slavery to the royal monastery of Mayagara. Another, very similar inscription is written on the same rock (IN03220).
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| Inscription ID | IN03221 |
| Title | Am̆bagasväva Rock Inscription 2 |
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| Parent Object | OB03176 |
| Related Inscriptions | IN03220 |
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| Author | Senarath Paranavitana |
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| Language | සිංහල |
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| Topic | records that an individual named Kasapa Pasa of Dekeṇa-ereya settled his debt and caused the cessation of his slavery to the royal monastery of Mayagara |
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| Min | 500 |
| Max | 600 |
| Comment | The inscriptions can be dated to around the sixth century on palaeographic grounds. |
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| Description | Letter size not reported. Sinhalese script of about the sixth century. |
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| Description | Campus dimensions not reported. 4 lines engraved on the surface of a rock. With the exception of two or three letters which have been blurred somewhat, the text is in a satisfactory state of preservation. IN03220 is engraved on the same rock. |
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| References | Included as No. 100 in the List of Inscriptions forming Appendix F of H. C. P. Bell’s Archaeological Survey of Ceylon Annual Report for 1911–12. Also included in the List of Inscriptions Copied in 1959 the Archaeological Survey of Ceylon Annual Report for that year (p. 52). Edited and translated in Paranavitana (1962): 8–11, C.II. |
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