OB03026 Anuradhapura Slab of Mahinda IV
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Uploaded on November 6, 2017
November 12, 2019
IN03031 Anuradhapura Slab Inscription of Mahinda IV
The inscription of 49 lines is written in the same style and language than the two tablets of Mihintale (IN3030). It was engraved just a few months later than those ones, during the reign of the king Mahinda IV (975-91 A.D.). It records rules for the administration of certain lands and villages. It also contains an important mention of the temple of the Buddha’s ‘Tooth-relic’ (Daḷ-dā-ge), which enabled the identification of this temple, rebuilt by Mahinda IV in the centre of the town, as the ruined site known as the Daḷadā Māligāva, situated south-east of the Thūparāma dāgäba.
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Sri Lanka epigraphy
Uploaded on November 6, 2017
November 12, 2019