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of this, the head priest obligingly caused it to be transcribed 

 on an ola, which he presented to me on the spot. This ola I 

 placed at different times in the hands of two well-informed 

 natives, and having compared the translations made by them, 

 beg to lay the perfected English version before the Society. 



It will be observed that the inscription is simply a grant to 

 the priests of this vihare of certain villages and lands (so far 

 as their produce is concerned) for the purpose of defraying the 

 ordinary expenses of the establishment. 



It is dated in the year Saka 1701, which I believe corres- 

 ponds to 1779, A. D., and is stated to have been issued in ac- 

 cordance with the wishes of the King, Kfrti Sri Raja Sinha, 

 who, according to the Mahawunso, reigned from A.D. 1747, to 

 A.D. 1781, a statement in so far according with the inscription. 

 It is only necessary to add, that the arrangement of words and 

 clauses has been only so far altered as to make the translation 

 tolerably intelligible. 



Translation. 



" On this Thursday the 13th day after the full moon of the 

 month Wesak in the year of the glorious king Saka, 1701, 



" For the purpose of performing the rites and offerings in 

 the Vihare Gale Vihare of Giribawa beyond Mi-ova in the 

 Maha-meda-pattu of Magul-korale. 



" This being suggested by the Wanni Mudaliyar of Giribawa, 

 and by Pilimatalawwe Wijayasundara Rajakaruna Senadhipati 

 Raja Mantri who performs the offices of Maria Disawa of 

 Puttalam Munnesaram A'naiviluntan including the Sevm- 

 k6rales, and Mali a Adigar, and by the Minister's son who 

 performs the duties of Haluwadana Nilame,* the son of the 

 said Senadhipati. 



" This being suggested, the Supreme Lord of Lanka, Kirti 

 Sri Raja Sinha, who is endowed with every regal power and 

 adorned with gems of virtue, celebrated for might in his own 

 and foreign dominions, presiding like the God Sakra and 

 conducting like Buddha himself, having ascended the throne 



* The officer having charge of the King's wardrobe. 



