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| Object ID | OB03092 |
| Title | Anuradhapura Pillar of the Reign of Dappula V |
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| Inscription(s) | IN03112 |
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| Author | Senarath Paranavitana |
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| Description | |
| Material | Stone / unspecified |
| Object Type | Pillar |
| Dimensions: | |
| Width | 20.32 |
| Height | 182.88 |
| Depth | 20.32 |
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| Details | A quadrangular stone pillar measuring 8 inches (20.32 cm) square and surmounted by a vase-shaped capital. The pillar is inscribed on all four sides but only one side remains legible, the writing on the other three having been almost completely obliterated. |
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| Place | Anuradhapura |
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| Place | Archaeological Museum, Anuradhapura |
| Authority | Paranavitana, S. (1928-33). ‘No. 8. A Fragmentary Inscription on a Pillar Discovered near the Jaffna Road, Anurādharpura (A. S. I., No. 92),’ Epigraphia Zeylanica 3, pp. 126-131. |
| Details | Situated at the Archaeological Museum at Anurādhapura in around 1930, as recorded by S. Paranavitana in Epigraphia Zeylanica (vol. 3, p. 126). Paranavitana also reported that the pillar was said to have been discovered in the jungle to the west of the Jaffna road, not far from the town of Anurādhapura. |
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