| Metadata | |
|---|---|
| Object ID | OB03090 |
| Title | Thūpārāma Slab of Gajabāhu I |
| Subtitle | |
| Inscription(s) | IN03110 |
| Child Object | |
| Parent Object | |
| Related Objects | |
| Responsibility | |
| Author | Senarath Paranavitana |
| Metadata recorded by | |
| Authority for metadata | |
| Metadata improved by | |
| Authoriy for improved | |
| Description | |
| Material | Stone / unspecified |
| Object Type | Stone slab |
| Dimensions: | |
| Width | 193.04 cm |
| Height | 86.36 cm |
| Depth | |
| Weight | |
| Details | A stone slab dressed and inscribed with seven lines of writing, the first two of which are badly weather-worn. A part of the stone containing about three letters has been chipped off at the bottom left-hand corner. A portion of the slab on the right has been left uninscribed. |
| History | |
| Created: | |
| Date | |
| Place | |
| Other ancient history | |
| Found: | |
| Date | October 1926 |
| Place | Thuparamaya |
| Other modern history | |
| Latest: | |
| Date | |
| Place | Thuparamaya |
| Authority | Paranavitana, S. (1928-33). ‘No. 6. Thūpārāma Slab Inscription of Gajabāhu I (A.S.I. No. 368),’ Epigraphia Zeylanica 3, pp. 114-119. |
| Details | Discovered in October 1926 when the foundation of the western side of the enclosing wall of the Thūpārāma in Anuradhapura was cleared. The slab was set up vertically on the inner face of the foundation such that only about one foot (30.48 cm) of the slab would have been visible above the original ground level. |
| Notes | |