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| Object ID | OB03074 |
| Title | Poḷonnaruva Slab of Vijaya-Bāhu II |
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| Inscription(s) | IN03094 |
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| Author | Don Martino de Zilva Wickremasinghe |
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| Description | |
| Material | Stone / unspecified |
| Object Type | Stone slab |
| Dimensions: | |
| Width | 172.72 |
| Height | 48.26 |
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| Details | Dimensions for inscribed area only. A stone slab inscribed on both sides with Sinhalese writing of the latter half of the 12th century A.D. The surfaces of the slab have been smoothed to receive the inscription, which is written between ruled lines 2 inches (5.08 cm) apart. |
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| Place | Polonnaruwa |
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| Place | Polonnaruwa |
| Authority | Wickremasinghe, Don Martino de Zilva. (1912-27). ‘No. 30. Poḷonnaruva: Slab-Inscription of Vijaya-Bāhu II (1186–1187 A.D.),’ Epigraphia Zeylanica 2, pp. 179-184. |
| Details | Wickremasinghe recorded the slab as standing near the ancient irrigation canal at Poḷonnaruva. |
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