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| Object ID | OB03023 |
| Title | Maha-Ratmale Slab Rock |
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| Inscription(s) | IN03028 |
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| Author | Don Martino de Zilva Wickremasinghe |
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| Description | |
| Material | Rock |
| Object Type | Stone slab |
| Dimensions: | |
| Width | 1463 |
| Height | 1645 |
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| Details | A large slab with a four-line inscription. The surface is damaged in places, possible as a result of fires made on the slab by treasure seekers. |
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| Place | Anuradhapura |
| Authority | Wickremasinghe, Don Martino de Zilva. (1904-12). ‘No. 5. Maha-Ratmale Rock-Inscription (circa A.D. 135-41),’ Epigraphia Zeylanica 1, pp. 58-65. |
| Details | Wickremasinghe (1904-12) recorded the location of the slab as being amongst the ruins of an ancient site close to the Ratmala-väva, about two and a half miles south-west of Anurādhpura, not far from the main road to Kurunegala. The tank in question may be Rathmale Tank (8.294152, 80.377668). |
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