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5. — Inscription on a large stone slab found a little to the 

 south of the above-mentioned pillar. This is nearly com- 

 plete : about six lines are missing. It is a copy of the slab 

 to the south of the Dalada Maligawa, which has already been 

 transcribed and translated by Dr. Miiller.* 



6. — Inscription on a broken slab near the new Vishnu 

 Dewale, No. 1. This is very incomplete, and is another copy 

 of the preceding inscription. 



7. — Inscription on decorated frieze which ran round the 

 inside of the Nissanka Lata Mandapaya. Very incomplete : 

 transcribed : translated. 



8. — Inscription on one (and each) of the pillars of the 

 Nissanka Lata Mandapaya. Complete : transcribed : trans- 

 lated. 



9. — Inscription on a broken pillar of the Nissanka Dana 

 Mandapaya. Complete : transcribed : translated. 



10. — Two fragments found inside the newly-discovered 

 Vishnu Dewale, No. 1. Too incomplete to be intelligible. 



11. — Inscription on large upright slab to the east of the 

 main road, between the Heta Dage and the Rankot Dagaba. 

 Partly illegible : transcribed : translated. 



12. — Inscription on a multitude of fragments found inside 

 the outer shrine of the Heta Dage. Partly illegible and 

 incomplete : transcribed : translated.! 



1. — Inscription on the large Stone Seat inside 

 the Thupdrdnia. 

 (Text.) 



Sri Wira Nissanka Mallena Sri Parakrama Bahu nanida 

 margaya sita maha nuwansa kshrirarna wenuna. 



*Muller, op. cit., pp. 100, 133. 



f The original copies of these inscriptions have -unfortunately been 

 mislaid by Mr. Burrows. The manuscript transcripts in Roman 

 character have therefore been followed exactly, rather than delay the 

 printing. — Hon. Sec. 



