Gal Potha is a giant stone slab inscription in the Ancient City of Polonnaruwa. It is a work of King Nissankamalla (1187-1196 A.D.) of Polonnaruwa.
Gal Potha (Stone Book) Inscription G al Potha (lit: Stone book; Sinhala: ගල්පොත සෙල්ලිපිය) is a giant stone slab inscription in the Ancient City of Polonnaruwa , Sri Lanka. It has been established between the eastern outer wall of the Hetadage and Satmahal Prasada . This inscription is a work of King Nissankamalla (1187-1196 A.D.) of Polonnaruwa and is the longest inscription indited by him. It is about 26 ft. 8 in. in length, 4 ft. 7 in. in breadth, and 1 ft. 9 in. (average) in-depth making the inscription one of the largest stone inscriptions so far discovered. The writing is on the smoothed upper surface of the slab and has been divided into three partitions. The letters are well preserved in the first two portions but in the third many of them have been so worn off (Ranawella, 2007). The total number of lines it has are seventy-two, containing more than 4,300 letters (Ranawella, 2007; Wickremasinghe, 1928). Indications show that the inscription had been raised on a brick podium underpinned with short pillars (the weig…
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Daddymajaddy
The width of Gal Potha is the square root of 21, the length is the square root of 720 and also 12×the square root of 5. Gal Potha is a fascinating mathematical puzzle .
