No. 25—1882*] two Sinhalese inscriptions* 



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TWO SINHALESE INSCRIPTIONS. 

 By B. Gunas^kaka. 



No. 1. 



At the Ruwanweli Da 1 gab a. 



The translator has not had an opportunity of seeing this 

 Inscription. The translation is made from a photograph* taken 

 by Capt. Hogg, R.E., for the Ceylon Government. 



With regard to the language it may be remarked that, with 

 a few exceptions, it differs little from the modern, but the 

 change is greater in the letters themselves. The translator 

 would propose some new readings of the text and correct a few 

 orthographical errors, noticing words which are rare, or nearly 

 obsolete, in modern Sinhalese. 



The Queen Lilavati referred to in the Inscription, was the 

 wife of Kirti Nissanka of the Kalinga dynasty. According to the 

 Mahawansa, she ascended the throne in the year 1753 of the 

 Buddhist era, which corresponds with 1210 A. D., and reigned 

 six years. She patronised Buddhism and caused two Vihara to 

 be built, one at Parnasalaka, the site of the Lankatilaka Vihara, 

 and the other at Weligama. 



Inscription. 



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* No. 104. Pavement slab, 14*0 * 8-7, in front of S. Altar of the Ruwan- 

 weli Dagaba. 



