Dedigama Slab Inscription of Bhuvanekabahu VI Dedigama Slab Inscription of Bhuvanekabahu VI is found erected near the Bodhi tree in the Buddhist temple, Dedigama Raja Maha Viharaya in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. It contains a grant of amnesty given to the inhabitants of Hatara Koralaya (Four Koralas), who had recently rebelled against the authority of King Bhuvanekabahu VI (1470-1477 A.D.). Inscription
The inscription has been engraved on both sides of a stone slab of about 5 ft. tall and 1 ft. 7 in. broad (Paranavitana, 1933). It had been broken into two pieces which are now joined together. The first side of the inscription contains twenty-seven lines and the second side contains twenty-one lines (Paranavitana, 1933). Written in the Sinhalese language, the epigraph is dated in the ninth year of King Bhuvanekabahu (the sixth). Content
The inscription has been indited on a stone by Vikramasingha Adhikara on the orders of his majesty, King Bhuvanekabahu VI, to allay the suspicion of fear from the minds of the people of the Satara…