Rankoth Vehera, Polonnaruwa.

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Object ID OB03067
Title Poḷonnaruva Rankot-Dāgaba Pillar
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Inscription(s) IN03087
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Author Don Martino de Zilva Wickremasinghe
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Material Stone / unspecified
Object Type Pillar
Dimensions:
Width 31.75
Height 182.88
Depth 31.75
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Details One of four stone pillars which once supported the roof of an open pavilion. All of the pillars are now fallen and two are broken. Each pillar is square at the top and bottom with an octagonal section in the centre.
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Authority Wickremasinghe, Don Martino de Zilva. (1912-27). ‘No. 23. Poḷonnaruva: Rankot-Dāgaba Pillar-Inscription,’ Epigraphia Zeylanica 2, pp. 137-142.
Details Found lying amongst the ruins of an open pavilion on the southern terrace of the Ruvanväli or Rankot-dāgaba in Poḷonnaruva. Three other pillars were found at the same site, each inscribed with a copy of the same inscription. The pillars originally supported the roof of the open pavilion, which was built to provide a place from which king Niśśanka Malla could pay his adorations to the relics enshrined in the dāgaba. Presumably, the pavilion originally contained an āsana (throne) or dias for this purpose.
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