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| Object ID | OB03157 |
| Title | Habässa Cave |
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| Inscription(s) | IN03198 |
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| Author | Senarath Paranavitana |
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| Description | |
| Material | Rock / gneiss |
| Object Type | Cave |
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| Details | A cave in a large hummock of gneiss rock at Habässa in Ūva Province. At this site are two long and narrow hummocks of gneiss rock running north-west to south-east. Both have steep overhanging sides, forming a number of caves with drip-ledges. This site was the location of an ancient monastery. On the western side of the southerly range of rock is a very large cave containing a colossal recumbent Buddha image. To the west of this cave are a large ruined stupa and the remains of numerous monastic buildings. The present cave is one of three caves located at the southern extremity of this range of rock. It has a second-century inscription engraved on one of its walls (IN03198). |
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| Place | Habessa |
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| Place | Habessa |
| Authority | Paranavitana, S. (1934–41). ‘No. 26. Habässa Rock-Inscription,’ Epigraphia Zeylanica 4, pp. 213–217. |
| Details | Habässa is situated in the forest on the right bank of the Kum̆bukkan Oya, about six miles south-east of the village called Okkampiṭiya in the Buttala Kōraḷē of the Ūva Province. The inscription in the cave was first edited and translation by Senarath Paranavitana in the fourth volume of Epigraphia Zeylanica (1934–41). |
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