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| Object ID | OB03111 |
| Title | Palkum̆bura Copper Plate of Bhuvanaika Bāhu VII |
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| Inscription(s) | IN03135 |
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| Author | H. W. Codrington |
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| Description | |
| Material | Metal / copper |
| Object Type | Plate |
| Dimensions: | |
| Width | 23.368 cm |
| Height | 8.128 cm |
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| Details | A copper plate engraved on both sides with an inscription. The plate is in a fragmentary condition and has been badly damaged by fire. On the left-hand side of the observe are two double rectangular frames: the upper frame contains a symbol of the sun and it may be assumed that the lower frame originally contained a corresponding symbol of the moon, although it is no longer discernible. The reverse of the plate features an engraving of a clank shell, the emblem of Viṣṇu. |
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| Place | Palkum̆bura Vihārē |
| Authority | Codrington, H. W. (1928-33). ‘No. 25. The Palkum̆bura Sannasa,’ Epigraphia Zeylanica 3, pp. 240–247. |
| Details | When H. W. Codrington recorded the plate in the third volume of Epigraphia Zeylanica in the 1930s, he noted that it was in the possession of the in the possession of the Palkum̆bura Vihārē in Hārispattuva of the Kandy District |
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