This inscription is engraved on a stone slab, which was discovered in the village of Mānkanai in the Trincomalee town. The slab is now kept in the Archaeological Museum at Anuradhapura. The inscription is in two parts, each comprising of twenty-two lines of writing incised between parallel lines. The purpose of the record is to register the donation for life of certain paddy lanks to one Mintaṉ Koṟṟaṉ, the overseer of the palanquin bearers of the palace. The donation was made by king Gajabhāhu II (r. 1131–1153 A.D.) but it is dated in the forty-third regnal year of his predecessor Jayabhāhu I (r. 1108–1145/6 A.D.) and was inscribed on stone by a local ruler in the Southern Country called Māṉāparaṇa. The practice of dating an inscription from the coronation of a dead king is known from inscriptions. Since Jayabhāhu I took the throne in 1108, the present inscription may be dated to 1150–1151.
I
Hail! In the 43rd year of Abhayasalā Megha Varman, the Emperor Sri Jayabhāhu Deva, the agricultural land named Tel, Kiratu and the agricultural land named Narātu were given to me Mintaṉ Koṟṟaṉ, the overseer of the palanquin bearers of the Royal Bed-Chamber, by Gajabhāhu Deva for life. The four boundaries surrounding these (the agricultural lands) are the lands belonging to the vihara of Gajabhāhu Deva which is situated on the main road. These (the agricultural lands) are given as donation to me.
II
To this notification issued by the king, Mānābharana Deva ordered “May the wishes of the king Gajabhāhu Deva be accomplished” and sent a royal letter to inscribe this (donation) on stone, ordering that no impediment should be done to this wish. This vow is taken in the name of the enlightened Buddha. This is the oath taken by Vallavarayaṉ.