Gopala Pabbata is a rocky site housing ancient caves with 1st–2nd century A.D. inscriptions, marking the southern boundary of Alahana Pirivena.
Gopala Pabbata G opala Pabbata (Sinhala: ගෝපාල පබ්බත) is a small group of rocks located within the Ancient City of Polonnaruwa , Sri Lanka. The cave called Madalaya's Lena is also found at this site (Wikramagamage, 2004). History The earliest antiquities so far discovered at Polonnaruwa are two inscriptions (one in a cave and the other on the rock near the cave) from this site (Paranavitana, 2001). They confirm that this site was an abode of the monks in ancient times (Nicholas, 1963). According to Culavamsa, Gopala Pabbata was the southern boundary of the great monks' university, the Alahana Pirivena (Jayasuriya, 2016) Inscriptions Gopala Pabbata cave inscription Period: 1st-2nd century A.D. Script: Later Brahmi Language : Old Sinhala Transcript: Sida [|*] Madalayaha lene Translation: Hail! The cave of Madalaya Citation : Paranavitana, 1970. p.93. Gopala Pabbata rock inscription This inscription is not preserved in full and there are two fragments of two lines (Paranavitana, 2001). This inscrip…
