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Perimiyankulama Wewa |
Perimiyankulama Wewa (Sinhala: පෙරිමියන්කුලම වැව) is a small reservoir in Perimiyankulama village in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. It is located 1.5 miles north of Jaya Sri Maha Bodhiya at Anuradhapura and about half a mile north of the so-called Lankarama Stupa (Wickremasinghe, 1912).
History
Perimiyankulama Wewa is the modern name used to identify this tank (Paranavitana, 1983). This is conjectured to be the same as the Gamani-vapi or (Gamanitissa-vapi) built by King Pandukabhaya (4th century B.C.), the first king of Sri Lanka (Nicholas, 1963; Paranavitana, 1983).
Perimiyankulama Rock Inscription
In the vicinity of the earthen embankment of this reservoir is a rock shelter formed by a boulder lying on a flat rock and on this rock is an inscription belonging to the reign of King Vasabha (67-111 A.D.) of Anuradhapura (Paranavitana, 1983; Wickremasinghe, 1912). It registers two donations made to a meditation hall called Sudassana by King Vasabha and an individual named Naga (Paranavitana, 1983).
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References
Books, Journal Articles
1) Nicholas, C. W., 1963. Historical topography of ancient and medieval Ceylon. Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, New Series (Vol VI). Special Number: Colombo. Royal Asiatic
Society (Ceylon Branch). pp.127.
2) Paranavitana, S., 1983. Inscriptions of Ceylon, Late Brahmi Inscriptions, Volume II (Part I). Archaeological Survey of Sri Lanka. pp.63.
3) Wickremasinghe, D.M.D.Z., 1912. Epigraphia Zeylanica: Being lithic and other inscription of Ceylon, Vol. I. London. Archaeological Survey of Ceylon. pp.66-74.
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LankaPradeepa.com extends its gratitude to Mr Lalith Kekulthotuwage for providing the necessary photographs required for this article. All the photos are published here with the permission of the author.
