Abhayagiriya Pillar Inscription of Kassapa IV Abhayagiriya Pillar Inscription of King Kassapa IV (Sinhala: සිව්වන කාශ්යප රජුගේ අභයගිරිය ටැම් ලිපිය) is presently on the display at the Inscription Gallery of Colombo National Museum , Sri Lanka. Discovery The inscription is said to have been found from a place near Abhayagiriya Stupa (Ranawella, 2005). It was published for the first time by H.C.P. Bell, the then Commissioner of Archaeology in 1918 (Ranawella, 2005). The pillar The pillar is 11 feet tall and the width of each side is 10.5 inches (Ranawella, 2005). The upper part of it is ended with a Kalasa -shaped vase head. The bottom is not dressed, possibly to bury it underground. The inscription has been engraved on three sides of the pillar. The first side contains 24 lines of writing and 25 lines each on the second and third faces (Ranawella, 2005). The fourth side contains the figure of a cobra, a monk's fan, a crow, and a dog from up to down (Ranawella, 2005). Content The script and the language of the inscription are Sinhal…
