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| Object ID | OB03152 |
| Title | Viyaulpata Pillar |
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| Inscription(s) | IN03193 |
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| Author | Senarath Paranavitana |
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| Description | |
| Material | Stone / unspecified |
| Object Type | Pillar |
| Dimensions: | |
| Width | 25.4 cm |
| Height | 157.48 cm |
| Depth | 17.78 cm |
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| Details | A rough stone pillar engraved on all four faces with an inscription. The inscription runs vertically along the height of the pillar. Since the stone of the pillar has not be dressed, its edges are not straight and its faces are not of equal width. Sides A and C are both 10 inches (25.4 cm) wide, whereas Side B measures 6 inches (15.24 cm) at its widest point and the width for Side D is 7 inches (17.78 cm). Due to the uneven shape and rough surface of the pillar, the inscription are irregular and not of equal length. On side B, there is a gap in line 1, where a rough area of the pillar has been left uninscribed. At the top of side A is a delineation of a pot filled with flowers (pūrṇṇa-ghaṭa). |
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| Place | Viyaulpata |
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| Place | Viyaulpata |
| Authority | Paranavitana, S. (1934–41). ‘No. 21. Viyaulpata Pillar-Inscription,’ Epigraphia Zeylanica 4, pp. 176–180. |
| Details | In the 1930s Senarath Paranavitana, reported the pillar to be lying near the village called Viyaulpata (possibly Wayaulpota) in the Ināmaḷuva Kōraḷē of the Mātalē District. |
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