Sennarugama Pillar Inscription of Kassapa IV Sennarugama Pillar Inscription of King Kassapa IV (Sinhala: සිව්වන කාශ්යප රජුගේ සෙන්නරුගම ටැම් ලිපිය) is a pillar inscription found in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. The inscription is presently on the display at the stone gallery of the Colombo National Museum . Discovery
This inscription was discovered from somewhere (the exact place is unknown) in Anuradhapura (Ranawella, 2005). However, according to its content, this record had been originally set up at a place called Sennarugama, a village probably situated near Anuradhapura (Ranawella, 2005).
The pillar had been broken into two fragments at the time of its discovery and therefore, they were treated as two different inscriptions by the museum (Ranawella, 2005). However, presently, the two fragments have been joined together and numbered as a single inscription. Inscription
The inscription has been inscribed on all four sides of a rectangular stone pillar of about 6 ft 8 in. in height (Ranawella, 2005). Content
The pillar ha…
