Udayapura Pillar Inscription (Ampara) Udayapura Pillar Inscription (Sinhala: උදයපුර ටැම් ලිපිය) is a lithic record discovered in Udayapura village in Ampara District, Sri Lanka. Presently, it stands about 400 m east of the 40th milepost on the Ampara-Sammanturai road. The pillar The pillar was discovered in 1961 by the Department of Archaeology at the location where it presently stands (Ranawella, 2004). It is a rectangular stone pillar about 1 ft. wide, 1 ft. long and 5 ft. 11 inches tall and the inscription has been engraved on all four faces of the pillar (Ranawella, 2004). The first two faces have 27 lines of writing each while the third and fourth faces have 25 lines and 5 lines respectively (Ranawella, 2004). The figures of a monk's fan, a cobra, a dog, and a crow are found just below the last line of the fourth face (Ranawella, 2004). Content The language and the script of the Udayapura record are Sinhala of the second half of the 10th century A.D. ( Ranawella, 2004). It has been engraved in the fifth regnal year o…
