Ruwanwelisaya, Anuradhapura
Ruanweli Dagoba, c. 1891. Image from: Ricalton, James, (1891). ‘The City of the Sacred Bo-Tree (Anuradhapura),’ Scribner’s Magazine 10, pp. 319–336, image opposite p. 328.
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| Object ID | OB03091 |
| Title | Ruvanvälisǟya Fragmentary Pillar of the Reign of Buddhadāsa |
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| Inscription(s) | IN03111 |
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| Author | Senarath Paranavitana |
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| Description | |
| Material | Stone / unspecified |
| Object Type | Pillar |
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| Width | 25.4 |
| Height | 137.16 |
| Depth | 25.4 |
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| Details | The shaft of a quadrangular stone pillar measuring 10 inches (25.4 cm) square, broken into two fragments. The base and the capital are missing. The stone is smoothly dressed and boldly engraved with three vertical lines of writing. |
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| Place | Ruwanweli Dagoba |
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| Place | Ruwanweli Dagoba |
| Authority | Paranavitana, S. (1928-33). ‘No. 7. Ruvanvälisǟya Pillar Inscription of the Reign of Buddhadāsa (388–416 A. D.) (A.S.I. No. 374),’ Epigraphia Zeylanica 3, pp. 120-126. |
| Details | Found lying amidst a heap of debris on the pavement about midway between the western and southern altars of the Ruvanväli-sǟya (Ruwanwelisaya) in Anuradhapura, a few yards from the stone votive dāgäba. In all probability, the pillar belonged to one of the many small shrines which once stood on the spacious platform where the fragments were found. |
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