Kaludiya Pokuna Archaeological Site, Central Province, Sri Lanka
Detail of Kaludiya Pokuna Cave Inscription
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Object ID | OB03113 |
Title | Kaludiyapokuṇa Cave |
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Inscription(s) | IN03138 |
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Author | Senarath Paranavitana |
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Material | Rock |
Object Type | Cave |
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Details | A cave situated about 400 feet to the south-west of the stupa in the ruined monastery at Kalupokuṇa or Kaludiyapokuṇa. The rock-wall of the cave is engraved with an inscription dating from around the ninth century A.D. |
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Place | Kaludiya Pokuna |
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Place | Kaludiya Pokuna |
Authority | Paranavitana, S. (1928-33). ‘No. 27. Kaludiyapokuṇa Inscriptions,’ Epigraphia Zeylanica 3, pp. 253–269. |
Details | Kalupokuṇa or Kaludiya Pokuna lies on the slopes of a range of hills known as Eravalagala, about a mile and a half to the south-east of Kum̆bukkan̆danvaḷa, in the Vagapaṇaha Pallēsiya Pattu of the Mātaḷē District. |
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