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Kaludiya Pokuna Archaeological Site, Central Province, Sri Lanka

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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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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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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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