Mayilagastota Pillar Inscription of Kassapa V
The Mayilagastota Pillar Inscription of King Kassapa V (Sinhala: පස්වන කාශ්යප රජුගේ මයිලගස්තොට ටැම් ලිපිය) is presently on the display at the Inscription Gallery of Colombo National Museum , Sri Lanka. The pillar The pillar was discovered by J. H. Dawson, an irrigation officer from a location in Mayilagastota village in Hambantota District (Ranawella, 1987; Ranawella, 2005; Wickremasinghe, 1928). It was later brought to the present location for conservation. The inscription has been engraved on three sides of a quadrilateral pillar [(6 feet by 10 inches by 6.5 inches) Ranawella, 2005] . The first two sides contain thirty-four lines each and the third side has twelve lines of writing (Ranawella, 2005). Content The script and the language of the inscription are Sinhala of the 10th century A.D. (Ranawella, 2005). It is not dated in a regnal year of a king but from the other facts, scholars have dated this inscription to the reign of King Kassapa V [(914-923 A.D.) Ranawella, 2005]. The purpor…
