Diagram of the Kantaläi gal-āsana. Published in: Wickremasinghe, Don Martino de Zilva. (1912-27). ‘No. 42. (Reg. No. 3.) Kantaläi Gal-Āsana Inscription of Kitti Nissaṅka-Malla (1187–1196 A.D.),’ Epigraphia Zeylanica 2, p. 283.
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| Object ID | OB03085 |
| Title | Kantaläi Gal-Āsana Inscription of Kitti Nissaṅka-Malla |
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| Inscription(s) | IN03105 |
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| Author | Don Martino de Zilva Wickremasinghe |
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| Description | |
| Material | Stone / unspecified |
| Object Type | seat |
| Dimensions: | |
| Width | 105.41 |
| Height | 91.44 |
| Depth | 105.41 |
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| Details | A stone seat (gal-āsana) with a moulded base surmounted by a square slab. The surface of the top slab has been smoothed and engraved with an inscription between ruled lines 2 inches (5.08 cm) apart, running parallel to each side of the square and leaving a blank space of 6½ inches (16.51 cm) square at the centre. The base is comprised of two slabs stacked on top of one another. |
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| Date | 1921 |
| Place | Kantalai |
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| Place | Anuradhapura |
| Authority | Wickremasinghe, Don Martino de Zilva. (1912-27). ‘No. 42. (Reg. No. 3.) Kantaläi Gal-Āsana Inscription of Kitti Nissaṅka-Malla (1187–1196 A.D.),’ Epigraphia Zeylanica 2, pp. 283-290. |
| Details | Discovered in 1921 in the village of Kantaläi on the Trincomalee Railway track at a spot in ‘section 2, mile 14, chains 77 and 78’ and afterwards removed to Anurādhapura. |
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