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Object ID OB03072
Title Poḷonnaruva Slab at the North Gate of the Citadel
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Inscription(s) IN03092
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Author Don Martino de Zilva Wickremasinghe
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Material Stone / unspecified
Object Type Stone slab
Dimensions:
Width 182.88
Height 81.28
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Details A quadrangular stone slab, engraved on both sides with an inscription in Sinhalese writing. The text is inscribed between ruled lines, 2 inches (5.08 cm) apart.
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Place Polonnaruwa
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Authority Wickremasinghe, Don Martino de Zilva. (1912-27). ‘No. 28. Poḷonnaruva: Slab-Inscription at the North-Gate of the Citadel,’ Epigraphia Zeylanica 2, pp. 157-164.
Details Found completely buried at the North Gate of the ruined citadel at Poḷonnaruva. The slab was subsequently placed in an upright position near the gate.
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