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6. — Inscription on a broken slab near the new 

 Vishnu Dewdle. 



(Note.) 



This is the only inscription of which three separate 

 copies have been found. It relates to the question of 

 succession to the throne, about which Nissanka Malla was 

 evidently very anxious. Like the preceding inscription, it 

 terminates with sculptured figures illustrative of the last few 

 lines. There are two rows of figures represented : in the 

 upper row are the hansa, the lion, the horse, the elephant, 

 the cobra, and the sun ; in the lower row are their low-caste 

 equivalents : the crow, the jackal, the donkey, the snipe, the 

 worm, and the firefly. The meaning of this is sufficiently 

 apparent. 



7. — Inscription on fragments of Inner Stone Frieze of the 

 Nissanka Lata Maiydapaya. 



(Text.) 



ruan ha gunen mitra santana kotae mitra santana 



nekae mattawunta taman wahansege sau 



yehidi tutabhara naegi no ek desa wasayinta no ek 



wastu tiaga kotae e taenhi boho kalak pawatna paridden 



ha Lankeswara Parakrama Bahu Chakrawartti swamin 



wahanse Nissanka Malla wiruduwata sudusu baewin Soli 

 Pandi adiwu raja daruan ha yuddhayata sarasunu kal hi 



Lak Wijaya Sinha Senawita wuru naw an wahanse 



bisowarun ha aetun asun 



waedae karawa wadalada waedae wadarana Nissanka 



lata mandapaya. 



(Translation.) 



and gold, having done favours out of kindness to the 



others who were unfriendly, His Majesty's 



having performed the vow of the scales, having spent 



much money on gifts to the inhabitants of many places, in 

 order that it might last for a long time in that place 



