Nītupatpāṇa Vihara (also known Girihandu Seya), Tiriyāy, Trincomalee
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| Object ID | OB03148 |
| Title | Tiriyāy Inscribed Rock |
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| Inscription(s) | IN03187 |
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| Author | Senarath Paranavitana |
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| Description | |
| Material | Rock |
| Object Type | Rock |
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| Details | A large rock engraved with a Sanskrit inscription, which can be dated on palaeographic grounds to the late seventh or first half of the eighth century A.D. |
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| Date | 1931 |
| Place | Thiriyai |
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| Place | Thiriyai |
| Authority | Paranavitana, S. (1934–41). ‘No. 18. Tiriyāy Rock-Inscription,’ Epigraphia Zeylanica 4, pp. 151–160. |
| Details | Situated about 200 feet (60.96 m) to the south of the vaṭadāgē at the ancient Buddhist monastery now called Nītupatpāṇa (also known Girihandu Seya) near the village of Tiriyāy (Thiriyai). This monastery stands at the summit of a hill, known by the Tamil name of Kandasāmimalai (the Hill of the Lord Skanda), about a mile to the west of the village, which is located near the sea-coast, roughly twenty-nine miles to the north of Trincomalee in the Eastern Province. The inscription was discovered in 1931, as reported in the Archaeological Survey of Ceylon Annual Report for 1931–32 (pt. IV – Education, Science and Art [J], p. 19). |
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