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Object ID OB03116
Title Dädigama Slab of Bhuveneka-Bāhu VI
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Inscription(s) IN03141
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Author Senarath Paranavitana
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Description
Material Stone / unspecified
Object Type Stone slab
Dimensions:
Width 48.26 cm
Height 152.4 cm
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Details A stone slab engraved on both sides with an inscription. The letters are engraved between lines about two inches (5.08 cm) apart from one another. The slab has been broken into two fragments and repaired.
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Date 1892
Place Dedigama
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Place Dedigama
Authority Paranavitana, S. (1928-33). ‘No. 29. Dädigama Slab-Inscription of Bhuveneka-Bāhu VI,’ Epigraphia Zeylanica 3, pp. 278–286.
Details The slab is now set up near the Buddhist temple at Dädigama (Dedigama) in Kegalle District. The inscription was first recorded and edited by H. C. P. Bell in 1892.
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