Negama Pillar Inscription (lost)
The Negama Pillar Inscription (Sinhala: නෑගම ටැම් ලිපිය) was an inscription set up in Negama village in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. The inscription Negama is predominantly a Muslim village and the inscription was
standing on the premises of Negama Mosque (Bell,
1895; Fernando, 1990; Wickremasinghe, 1928). H.C.P. Bell, the then Archaeological Commissioner had examined the pillar in 1895 (Bell, 1895). D.M.D.Z. Wickremasinghe published a comprehensive article regarding this inscription in 1928 in Epigraphia Zeylanica Vol. II.
(Wickremasinghe, 1928).
The inscription had been engraved on a pillar, measuring about 4.5 feet by 8.5 inches square, and a portion of its top was broken off (Wickremasinghe, 1928). The writing had covered all four sides of the pillar and twenty-one lines of writing (including the two top lines that were missing) were on each side (Wickremasinghe, 1928). The record was dated in the 7th century of a king whose name had been lost with the top of the pillar (B…
