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| Object ID | OB03081 |
| Title | Poḷonnaruva Ānaulundāva Slab |
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| Inscription(s) | IN03101 |
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| Author | Don Martino de Zilva Wickremasinghe |
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| Description | |
| Material | Stone / unspecified |
| Object Type | Stone slab |
| Dimensions: | |
| Width | 208.28 |
| Height | 105.41 |
| Depth | 25.4 |
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| Details | A stone slab inscribed with three lines of Sinhalese writing. The inscription covers a small area at the upper end of the prepared surface of the slab, the letters being incised between ruled lines 1½ inches (3.81 cm) apart. The top part of the slab is ornamented with ogee moulding on its sides. |
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| Found: | |
| Date | 1921 |
| Place | Polonnaruwa |
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| Place | Polonnaruwa |
| Authority | Wickremasinghe, Don Martino de Zilva. (1912-27). ‘No. 38. Poḷonnaruva: Ānaulundāva Slab-Inscription,’ Epigraphia Zeylanica 2, pp. 235-237. |
| Details | Discovered in July 1921 in or near a village called Ānaulundāva (Anaulundawa, 7.980591, 80.995245) to the north of Poḷonnaruva. Specifically, it was found about 92 feet to the east of the railway line to Batticaloe. |
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