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| Object ID | OB03179 |
| Title | Andaragollǟgala Inscribed Rock |
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| Inscription(s) | IN03226 |
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| Author | Senarath Paranavitana |
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| Description | |
| Material | Rock |
| Object Type | Rock |
| Dimensions: | |
| Width | 15.24 m |
| Height | 9.144 m |
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| Details | A large rock-boulder, measuring about 30 feet in height (9.144 m) and 50 feet (15.24 m) in length, upon which are to be seen slight vestiges of an ancient brick structure, probably a stupa. A seventh-century Sinhalese inscription cut into the rock to the south of these remains. |
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| Date | 1953 |
| Place | Andaragollǟgala |
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| Place | Andaragollǟgala |
| Authority | Paranavitana, S. (1961). ‘Rock Inscriptions at Timbirivava and Andaragollava in the Vilpattu Sanctuary,’ University of Ceylon Review 19, no. 2, pp. 95–104. http://dlib.pdn.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1721 |
| Details | Discovered at Andaragollǟgala in 1953 by C. W. Nicholas, the head of the Wild Life Department. Andaragollǟgala is a group of detached rocks about three miles south-east of Maradanmaḍuva and about three-quarters of a mile east of Tim̆biriväva, close to the eastern boundary of the Vilpattu National Park. |
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