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Object ID OB03025b
Title Mihintale Tablet B
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Author Don Martino de Zilva Wickremasinghe
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Material Stone / granite
Object Type Stone slab
Dimensions:
Width 121.92
Height 213.36
Depth 60.96
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Details One of 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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