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Object ID OB03155
Title Pālamōṭṭai Slab
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Inscription(s) IN03196
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Author Senarath Paranavitana
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Material Stone / unspecified
Object Type Stone slab
Dimensions:
Width 40.64 cm
Height 86.36 cm
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Details A stone slab with a Tamil inscription engraved on its face. The writing is incised between parallels lines drawn about 1¼ inches (3.175 cm) apart.
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Date 1933
Place Pālamōṭṭai
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Authority Paranavitana, S. (1934–41). ‘No. 24. A Tamil Slab-Inscription from Pālamōṭṭai,’ Epigraphia Zeylanica 4, pp. 191–196.
Details Discovered by Senarath Paranavitana in 1933. Paranavitana found the slab among the ruins of a Śaiva kōvil at a place named Pālamōṭṭai near Kantaḷāy in the Trincomalee District of the Eastern Province. The architectural style of these ruins suggests that they date from the Poḷonnaruva period – a conclusion which is confirmed by the inscription.
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