Tamil Inscriptions in Sri Lanka
More than one hundred and fifty Tamil inscriptions have been recorded so far in Sri Lanka (Pathmanathan, 2006). Most of them are found in Trincomalee, Polonnaruwa, Anuradhapura, Kurunegala, Mannar, and Ampara districts (Pathmanathan, 2006). However, the percentage of the number of Tamil inscriptions in Sri Lanka is considerably low compared to the number of Sinhala inscriptions recorded so far in the country.
Most of the Sri Lankan Tamil inscriptions have been dated in the regnal years of Sinhalese kings and South Indian Cholas. Most of these inscriptions belong to the 11th and 12th centuries A.D. (Pathmanathan, 2006). This is an incomplete list prepared by "Lanka Pradeepa". Controversial/doubtful interpretations According to some scholars, the following two inscriptions contain several Brahmi Letters that are Tamil Brahmi scripts (Pushparatnam, 2014; Raghupathy, 1987). However, according to the view of other scholars, these are Brahmi Inscriptions of Sinhala Prakrit (Somadev…
