Kongollava Pillar Inscription of Sena II
A stone pillar containing an inscription of King Sena II of the Anuradhapura Kingdom (Sinhala: දෙවන සේන රජුගේ කොංගොල්ලෑව ටැම් ලිපිය) is presently on the display at the Stone Gallery of Colombo National Museum , Sri Lanka. Discovery The inscription was discovered in Kongollava/Kongollewa village situated about two miles north of Medawachchiya (Muller, 1883). It had been broken into two parts when it was brought to the museum (Muller, 1883). The two parts are presently connected with cement. Content The pillar measures 6 feet by 8 inches by 9 inches (Ranawella, 2005). Its upper part ends with a vase-shaped capital. The inscription has been engraved on all four sides of the pillar. It has 21 lines of writing on the first face with a sketch of the sun at the top and a figure of a conch shell at the bottom (Ranawella, 2005). The second face has 17 lines and a figure of a crow at the bottom (Ranawella, 2005). The third face has 15 lines and a figure of the moon at the top and a figure of a d…
