Object type: Stone slab

Vessagiri, or more commonly in Sinhalese Vessagiriya, is the traditional name of a forest-bound cluster of rocks in Anurādhapura. The site features three hummock-boulders of gneiss rock in a line from north to south (Rock A, Rock B and Rock C). The hummocks are surrounded by the ruins of a monastery, which had its cells in the caves of Rocks B and C (twenty-three caves in total). Some of the caves are inscribed with dedications to the Buddhist priesthood, plus there are a number of other rock inscriptions at the site. In addition, two inscribed slabs associated with Vessagiri are preserved in the museum at Anurādhapura (OB03019 and OB03020). The present inscription is engraved on one of the slabs. It dates from the reign of king Dappula V (A.D. 940-952) and records a royal offering to the Virāṅkurā monastery.

INIG1342c Sakarra (Guna). On a satī stone. Number of lines not given, nāgarī, Sanskrit. Purport not given.

INIG1342b Sakarra (Guna). On a satī stone. 8 lines, nāgarī, Hindi. Mentions Rāmadeva.

INIG1342a jyaiṣṭha badi 3 somavāra Ballārpur (Shivpuri). On a satī stone. 18 lines, nāgarī, Sanskrit. Mentions Gopāladeva of Narwar, the death of Rāuta Arjuna and the immolation of his three wives.

INIG1341d pauṣa badi 1 somavāra Sesaī Buzurg (Shivpuri). On a satī stone. 12 lines, nāgarī, Hindi. Mentions the death of rā˚ (rāuta) Malayadeva and his two wives in a cattle stealing incident during the time of mahārājādhirāja Gopāla during the administration of mahākumāra Jaitravarman. The name of the village is given as Sesaigrāma.

INIG1341c kārttika śudi 5 vu(bu)dhe Surwāyā (Shivpuri). On a slab. 25 lines, nāgarī, Sanskrit. Records that in the time of Gopāladeva a well was constructed by the Sārasvata brāhmaṇa Īśvara of Sarasvatīpaṭṭana (i.e. Surwāyā). Composed by Somamiśra, traced on the stone by Gāṅgadeva and incised by sūtradhāra Ratana. The date is also given in the chronogram: eka abdhi rāmarūpa. Now in Archaeological Museum, Gwalior.

INIG1341a  Jyaiṣṭha śudi 4 śanivāra Sakarra (Guna). On a satī stone. 11 lines, nāgarī, Hindi. Mentions the name Rāmadeva.

INIG1340a Narwar (Shivpuri). On a slab in the wall of a house. 3 lines, old nāgarī, Hindi. Not legible.

INIG1339b Pachrāi (Shivpuri). On a tall satī stone to the east of the village. 9 lines, nāgarī, Hindi. Mentions Canderīdeśa. Broken and not fully legible.