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| Object ID | OB03042 |
| Title | Jētavanārāma Slab 2 of Mahinda IV |
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| Inscription(s) | IN03062 |
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| Related Objects | OB03041 |
| Responsibility | |
| Author | Don Martino de Zilva Wickremasinghe |
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| Description | |
| Material | Stone / unspecified |
| Object Type | Stone slab |
| Dimensions: | |
| Width | 99.06 |
| Height | 243.84 |
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| Details | Dimensions are for the inscribed area only. A large stone slab, prepared on one side for inscription and engraved with 60 lines in the Sinhalese alphabet of the 10th and early 11th centuries A.D. The middle portion of the inscribed area is damaged and worn. |
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| Date | |
| Place | Abhayagiri Vihāra |
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| Date | |
| Place | Abhayagiri Vihāra |
| Authority | Wickremasinghe, Don Martino de Zilva. (1904-12). ‘No. 20. Jētavanārāma Slab-Inscription (No. 2) of Mahinda IV (circa 1026-1042 A.D.),’ Epigraphia Zeylanica 1, pp. 230-241. |
| Details | The slab was found lying what was at the time believed to be the Jētavanārāma area, not far from the ‘stone canoe’ (trough) on the outer circular road in Anurādhapura. This area has since been shown to be the Abhayagiri monastery complex. A slab with a similar inscription (OB03041) was discovered nearby. |
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