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| Object ID | OB03119 |
| Title | Poḷonnaruva Vaṭa-dā-gē Pillar of Sena I |
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| Inscription(s) | IN03144 |
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| Responsibility | |
| Author | Senarath Paranavitana |
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| Description | |
| Material | Stone / unspecified |
| Object Type | Pillar |
| Dimensions: | |
| Width | 22.86 cm |
| Height | 198.12 cm |
| Depth | 19.05 cm |
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| Details | A stone pillar with a rounded capital. The stone is not well dressed and the sides of the pillar are not regular. An inscription is engraved on one side of the pillar with traces of a decorative border above. One of the uninscribed faces of the pillar is engraved with a drawing of standing man, who holds a club in one of his hand. Another of the uninscribed faces features drawings of a dog and a crow. |
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| Found: | |
| Date | between 1901 and 1905 |
| Place | Polonnaruwa |
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| Place | Archaeological Museum, Anuradhapura |
| Authority | Paranavitana, S. (1928-33). ‘No. 31. Two Inscriptions of Sena I,’ Epigraphia Zeylanica 3, pp. 291–294. |
| Details | Found at the Vaṭa-dā-gē at Poḷonnaruva, where it had been installed in the pavement. It was recorded as No. 55 in the list of inscriptions examined between 1901 and 1905 in the Annual Report of the Archaeological Survey of Ceylon for 1905 (p. 40). The pillar was subsequently removed to the Archaeological Museum at Anurādhapura. |
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