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Thonigala Rock Inscriptions (Sinhala: තෝනිගල සෙල් ලිපිය) are two Elu-language inscriptions engraved on a rock situated in Anamaduwa of Sri Lanka, written in Brahmi alphabet. Each inscription is about 100 feet long and each letter is about one feet in height and engraved about one inch deep in to the rock. [1]
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Polonnaruwa galpotha inscription, the Mihintale slab inscription, and the Thonigala inscription are examples for the slab inscriptions. Badulla inscription and the Katugahagalge inscription are classified under pillar inscriptions. Cave inscriptions are found to be the oldest type of inscriptions.
South Indian Inscriptions is an epigraphical series that has been published by the Archaeological Survey of India in 34 volumes from 1890 through the present. The texts are supplemented with summaries and an overview of the texts, both in English [1] The series was originally edited by archaeologist E. Dinesh, then V. Venkayya and Rai Bahadur.
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Translation (English) Inscription (Prakrit with Tamil letters in the Brahmi script) An inscription referring to a Tamil house-holder terrace made by a Tamil Buddhist monk (samaṇa). The terrace of the Tamil house-holders caused to be made by the Tamil Samaṇa of Iḷabarata. The seat of Saga. The seat of Nasata. The seat of Ka . . Tissa.
The inscription was published by B. C. Jain in 1977. [28] It was subsequently listed by Madan Mohan Upadhyaya in his book Inscriptions of Mahakoshal. [29] The inscription is of considerable importance for the history of the Gupta Empire, because it is the last known record of the later Gupta king Budhagupta. [30]
Of the Mathura inscriptions, the most significant is the Mora Well Inscription. [8] In a manner similar to the Hathibada inscription, the Mora well inscription is a dedicatory inscription and is linked to the cult of the Vrishni heroes: it mentions a stone shrine (temple), pratima (murti, images) and calls the five Vrishnis as bhagavatam.