Mihintale. The Bhójana Sáláwa (or Refrectory), showing the two inscribed stones at the entrance. Photographed by Joseph Lawton (d. 1872) active in Sri Lanka between 1866 and 1872. V&A 82756
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| Object ID | OB03025 |
| Title | Mihintale Tablets of Mahinda IV |
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| Inscription(s) | IN03030 |
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| Related Objects | OB03025a OB03025b |
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| Author | Don Martino de Zilva Wickremasinghe |
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| Material | Stone / granite |
| Object Type | Stone slab |
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| Width | 121.92 |
| Height | 213.36 |
| Depth | 60.96 |
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| Details | Two granite slabs standing upright to the left of the third flight of steps on the western slope of Mihintale, near a ruined site, the so-called Bhōjana-sālā or refectory. |
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| Place | Mihintale |
| Authority | Wickremasinghe, Don Martino de Zilva. (1904-12). ‘No. 7. The Two Tablets of Mahinda IV at Mihintale,’ Epigraphia Zeylanica 1, pp. 75-113. |
| Details | Mihintale is a mountain about eight miles east of Anurahapura. It is traditionally identified with Missaka-pabbata, called afterwards Cētiya-pabbata, on the Ambatthala summit of which the missionary prince Mahinda is stated to have made his permanent residence during his life-time in Ceylon. |
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