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The number of stone inscriptions that have been found in Sri Lanka to date is over 4000. Considering their locations and their appearances, for the ease of studying, they are classified as follows: 1. Cave Inscriptions 2. Rock Inscriptions (Giri lipi) Galpotha inscription. 3. Slab Inscriptions (Puwaru lipi) 4. pile inscriptions (Tam lipi)
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]
All caves with drip-ledges and stone inscriptions, rock inscriptions, Stupa and ruins of buildings: Nayagala Aranya Senasana: Karavilakanatte: Medagama: Buttala: 6 June 2008: The four drip ledged caves, ponds, stone water spout and Stupa mound: Neelagiri Purana Vihara: Medapitiya: Bibile: 22 November 2002: Drip ledged cave: Neluwagala Kanda ...
The Galle Trilingual Inscription is a stone tablet with an inscription in three languages, Chinese, Tamil and Persian, located in Galle, Sri Lanka. Dated 15 February 1409, it was installed by the Chinese admiral Zheng He in Galle during his grand voyages .
Badulla Pillar Inscription (Sinhala: බදුලු ටැම් ලිපිය) is an archaeological stone inscription, which is currently located at the Senarath Paranavithana Memorial Library of Badulla, Sri Lanka. The inscription is engraved on a rock surface, with the height of 2.43 m (8.0 ft) and 127 mm (5.0 in).
The archaeological heritage of Sri Lanka can be divided into three ages; Prehistoric (Stone-age), Protohistoric (Iron age), and historical period. The presence of man activities in Sri Lanka probably dates from 75,000 years ago (late Pleistocene period). Prehistoric sites which are presently identified in the country are distributed from the ...
The inscriptions, the drip ledged cave complex and rock inscriptions [4] Sri Kashyapa Vihara: Ramadegala: No. 651-Kittulhitiyawa: Kekirawa: 6 June 2008: The ancient stupa and building with stone pillars [4] Sri Kashyapa Vihara: No. 651-Kithulhitiyawa: Kekirawa: 23 January 2009: The ancient building with stone pillars [5] Sri Kosso Kanda Raja ...
They are found in multiple Tamil words in the earliest Prakrit inscriptions of Sri Lanka. [11] [12] The Veḷ name is found several times, [13] [14] [15] mostly associated with the chief title Parumaka. [16] Parumaka is the single most common lay title in the entire corpus of ancient Brahmi inscriptions, occurring over 314 times.