Petigmmana Pillar Inscription of Vikramabahu III
The Petigmmana Pillar Inscription of King Vikramabahu III (Sinhala: තුන්වන වික්රමබාහු රජුගේ පෙතිගම්මන ටැම් ලිපිය) is presently on the display at the Inscription Gallery of Colombo National Museum , Sri Lanka. The pillar The pillar was discovered half-buried in a garden near the foot of the Petigammana-kanda near Gampola in Kegalle District (Bell, 1904). It was later brought to the present location for conservation. The inscription has been engraved on two opposite sides of the pillar (5 feet 7 inches by 2 feet 7 inches by 6.5 inches) and each side contains 15 lines of writing ( Bell, 1904; Ranawella, 2005) . The figures of the sun and a Pun-kalasa are found above the writing of the first side while the second side contains a figure of the moon above the writing and a figure of a crow at the bottom of the pillar (Ranawella, 2005). Content The script and the language of the inscription are Sinhala of the 14th century A.D. (Ranawella, 2005). It has been erected in the reign of a king styled S…
