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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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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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