Molligoda Copper Plate Charter

Molligoda Copper Plate Charter
Molligoda Copper Plate Charter (Sinhala: මොල්ලිගොඩ තඹ ප්‍රධානය) is a copper plate grant issued by the last king of Sri Lanka, Sri Vikrama Rajasingha ( 1798 -1815 A.D.). The plate is presently on the display at the National Museum of Kandy . It is said to have been donated to the museum by Nissanka Panabokke. The plate The copper plate is 19.125 inches long and 3.75 inches wide (Ranawella, 2015). A scalloped border in Silver runs around the plate (Ranawella, 2015). The front side contains 11 lines of writing and each line is started with a  Kundali  mark (Ranawella, 2015). The reverse side also has 11 lines of writing. A square frame (2.6875 inches) of Gold with the "Sri" letter in Sinhala is found at the left corner of the front side of the copper plate (Ranawella, 2015). The content The copper plate records that King Sri Vikrama Rajasingha ( 1798 -1815 A.D.) appointed Molligoda as a 2nd Adigar and as the Maha Disawa of Four Korales and Pallegampaha Adigar, because of his contributio…