Kalutara Tamil Pillar Inscription

Kalutara Tamil Pillar Inscription

Kalutara Tamil Pillar Inscription (Sinhala: කළුතර දෙමළ සෙල්ලිපිය) is one of the Tamil inscriptions in Sri Lanka . The record is found on a stone pillar located in the premises of the Magistrate Court Complex , Kalutara (Katupotha, 2011). It reveals about the donations made by a king and a chief to a temple dedicated for Kali, a Hindu goddess (Fernando, 2003). The Inscription The inscription consists of 11 lines. The first 7 lines say that the king offered the income received from the gardens and fields to the Kali (Kali temple) and the rest of the inscription, lines from 8-11, says that the income of grains was donated (to the temple) on behalf of the chief (Veluppillai, 1971). The name of the king is not mentioned here and the chief could be a regional head (Fernando, 2003). According to Veluppillai (1971), during the medieval period there was a mercantile corporation between South India and Sri Lanka under the name Ticaiyayirattu ainnurruvar (the five hundred of thousand directions) o…