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| Object ID | OB03040 |
| Title | Pālu Mäkiccǟva Rock of Gaja Bāhu I |
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| Inscription(s) | IN03060 |
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| Author | Don Martino de Zilva Wickremasinghe |
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| Description | |
| Material | Rock |
| Object Type | Rock |
| Dimensions: | |
| Width | 106.68 |
| Height | 243.84 |
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| Details | Dimensions are for the inscribed area only. A large rock at the vāṇa or “spill-water” of an abandoned tank inscribed with six lines in Southern Brāhmī script. |
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| Place | Pālu Mäkiccǟva |
| Authority | Wickremasinghe, Don Martino de Zilva. (1904-12). ‘No. 18. Pālu Mäkiccǟva Rock-Inscription of Gaja Bāhu I (circa 177-199 A.D.),’ Epigraphia Zeylanica 1, pp. 208-211. |
| Details | Situated on a rock at the vāṇa or “spill-water” of an abandoned tank known as Pālu Mäkiccǟva (possibly the Makichchawa Wewa on Google Maps at 8.391770, 80.614862). The tank is situated in the jungle, about 120 yards off the high road to Trincomalee, 16 miles from Anurādhapura. |
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