JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). [Vol. VIII. 



ra (15) ja daruwan boho kal sadha [was] tu no 

 hunu ugla (16) adiwu. no ek durgga [tsen dekas wal 



wae] ssan pael wae (17) ssan nimmula kotse 



kotae semehi (18) taba Dambadiwu wae [das] 



...... daruwan kara dwa (19) nda yuddha il [wa] ... 



ewun bhayapat (21) 



Lakdiwa was (22) da?, no ek wara Sama- 



nola adi [wu] (23) giridurgga paka [durgga wana- 



durgga] taattha wu taen at (24) [a] rnbalu 



[pa] kak se [bala wadara Anuradha] purayata 



wsedapi 



The Lord of Lamka, of the royal race of His Majesty King 

 Wijaya, who made Ceylon habitable by men ; His 

 Majesty Wiraraja Nissaihka Malla, Kalinga Parak- 

 rama Bahu, Supreme King, who brought Ceylon 

 under one umbrella ; who put an end to the distress 

 brought about by the unbounded taxation of former 

 princes ; who, iu the Kingdom of Ruhuna in Ceylon, 

 (saw) the villages, fortified villages, tanks, channels, 

 dams, royal cities, celebrated places, this place, this 

 city — as it may be written, it cannot otherwise be like 

 a ruined town, — and caused (?) high roads and other 

 things to be made at those places, those royal cities ; 

 who, giving up the taxes for seven years, giving lands, 

 slaves, cattle, pamunu, even inheritances, offices, gold 

 and silver ornaments, pearls, jewels, clothing, and 

 many things; giving yearly in due order five tulabharas 

 (his own weight in valuables, coin, &c), made pros- 

 perity in Ceylon ; who caused many Tripitakas to 

 be written, and presented them ; who established the 

 three Nikayas together, not apart ; doing work for the 

 land and work for the religion, not (?) eradicating 

 things that former princes a long time ago effected ; 

 who saw several other places difficult (of access) ; 

 who established security, up-rooting (evil-doers among) 

 dwellers in the jungle and dwellers in huts ; who 

 visited Dambadiwa, and having appointed princes, 

 and longing for it, having caused battle to be offered 



, having made then afraid, returned 



to Ceylon ; who, on several occasions, looked at 

 Adam's Peak, and other mountain fastnesses, marsh 



fastnesses, forest fastnesses, fear- inspiring 



places, like a ripe neli fruit in the hand ; who visited 

 Anuradhapura 



