Badulla Pillar Inscription | |
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Material | Stone |
Writing | Medieval Sinhala |
Discovered | 1857 Close to the Sorabora Wewa |
Discovered by | John Bailey[1] |
Present location | Senarath Paranavithana Memorial Library at Badulla |
Badulla Pillar Inscription (Sinhala: බදුලු ටැම් ලිපිය) is an archaeological stone inscription, which is currently located at the Senarath Paranavithana Memorial Library of Badulla, Sri Lanka. The inscription is engraved on a rock surface, with the height of 2.43 m (8.0 ft) and 127 mm (5.0 in). It contains 203 lines and about 2,000 mediaeval Sinhala scripts.[1] The Badulla inscription is considered to be the largest pillar inscription, with the smallest letters, found in the country.