Welmilla Slab Inscription of Sena III
A slab inscription popularly known as Welmilla Slab Inscription of King Sena III (Sinhala: තුන්වන සේන රජුගේ වැල්මිල්ල පුවරු ලිපිය) is presently on the display at the Inscription Gallery of Colombo National Museum , Sri Lanka. Discovery The slab was discovered in 1931, in Batathumbagaha-watta garden in Welmilla village in Kalutara District (Paranavitana, 1933). According to local tradition, the villagers, many years ago, had dug a pit near the place where this slab was found in search of imaginary treasures (Paranavitana, 1933). After finding none, they had thrown it into the pit, where it remained buried until it was brought to the surface in the 1920s (Paranavitana, 1933). It was brought to the present location in order to preserve it from further damage (Paranavitana, 1933). The slab The inscription has been engraved on an irregularly shaped stone slab (Paranavitana, 1933; Ranawella, 2005 ). The obverse and reverse faces as well as the two sides formed by the slab's thickness contain …
