Metadata |
Object ID |
OB03035 |
Title |
Ram̆bǟva Pillar |
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Inscription(s) |
IN03055
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Responsibility |
Author |
Don Martino de Zilva Wickremasinghe |
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Description |
Material |
Stone / unspecified |
Object Type |
Pillar |
Dimensions: |
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Width |
30.48 |
Height |
177.8 |
Depth |
30.48 |
Weight |
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Details |
A quadrangular stone pillar inscribed on all four sides.
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History |
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Found: |
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Date |
1891 |
Place |
Ram̆bǟva (Kuñcuṭṭu Kōrole) |
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Place |
Ram̆bǟva (Kuñcuṭṭu Kōrole) |
Authority |
Wickremasinghe, Don Martino de Zilva. (1904-12). ‘No. 13. Ram̆bǟva Pillar-Inscription,’ Epigraphia Zeylanica 1, pp. 172-175. |
Details |
Discovered by H. C. P. Bell in 1891 in the village of Ram̆bǟva (Rambewa) on the right bank of the Yōda-äla canal, about 3 miles north-east of Īripinniyǟva. The pillar was leaning over at an angle of about 30 degrees on the bund of the tank.
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