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Object ID OB03174
Title Periyakaḍu-vihāra Inscribed Rock of circa 6th century
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Inscription(s) IN03218
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Author Senarath Paranavitana
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Material Rock
Object Type Rock
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Details A large rock inscribed with four lines in Sinhalese.
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Date 1931
Place Periyakaḍu-vihāra
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Authority Paranavitana, S. (1962). ‘Some Sinhalese Inscriptions of Circa Sixth Century,’ University of Ceylon Review 20, no. 1, pp. 1–11. http://dlib.pdn.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1466
Details Discovered by Senarath Paranavitana in 1931 at the site of an ancient monastery, now called Periyakaḍu-vihāra, near Nälava in the Ihala Visidekē Kōrale of the Hiriyāla Hatpattu, Kuruṇǟgala District.
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