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Lankatilaka Vihara, Udunuwara, Kandy District
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| Object ID | OB03170 |
| Title | Laṅkātilaka Inscribed Rock |
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| Inscription(s) | IN03212 IN03213 IN03214 |
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| Author | Senarath Paranavitana |
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| Material | Rock |
| Object Type | Rock |
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| Details | A large rock to the south of the Buddhist shrine of Laṅkātilaka in the village of Rabbēgomuwa in Uḍunuvara, Kandy District. Two extensive areas on the surface of the rock are covered with deeply and carefully engraved writing. The upper stretch, comprising an area of 25 feet 11 inches (789.94 cm) by 12 feet 9 inches (388.62 cm), contains two Sinhalese inscriptions arranged one above the other: the first consists of thirty-three lines and is dated in the reign of Bhuvanikabāhu IV of Gaṁpaḷa (IN03212); the second consists of seven lines and is dated in the reign of Bhuvanikabāhu IV’s successor, Vikramabāhu III (IN03213). Meanwhile, an inscription of forty-six lines in Tamil (IN03214) is engraved on the lower stretch of the rock, which measures 21 feet (640.08 cm) by 16 feet 11 inches (515.62 cm). |
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| Place | Lankatilaka Vihara |
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| Place | Lankatilaka Vihara |
| Authority | Paranavitana, S. (1960). ‘Lankatilaka Inscriptions,’ University of Ceylon Review 18, nos. 1&2, pp. 1–45. |
| Details | The earliest scholarly record of the rock’s inscriptions dates from 1887, when Mudaliyar B. Gunasekara published what purported to be the text, transliteration and translation, with appended notes, of the Bhuvanaikabāhu inscription in the Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 10, no. 34, pp. 83–95. However, Gunasekara’s text contains a number of errors and appears to have been based on a faulty copy of the inscription written on palm leaves, rather than the actual rock. Laṅkātilaka was visited by the Archaeological Survey of Ceylon in 1911–12 and the various inscriptions at the site were recorded in the Annual Report for that year. |
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