Abhayagiri Slab Inscription of Mahinda IV Abhayagiri Slab Inscription of King Mahinda IV (Sinhala: හතරවන මිහිඳු රජුගේ අභයගිරිය පුවරු ලිපිය) is found erected in the premises of Bodhigharaya III of Abhayagiri Monastery in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. The Abhayagiri Slab Inscription of King Kassapa V (914-923 A.D.) can also be seen beside this inscription. The slab The rectangular slab is about 6.5 ft. high and 4 ft. 3 inches wide (Ranawella, 2004). The inscription is inscribed in 55 lines of writing, each within a ruled space (Ranawella, 2004; Wickremasinghe, 1912). Content The language and the script of the record are Sinhala of the 10th century A.D. ( Ranawella, 2004). It has been engraved in the 8th regnal year of a king styled Sirisangbo Abha, the son of a king who bore the same throne name and of an anointed Chief Queen named Deva ( Ranawella, 2004) . Scholars have identified him as King Mahinda IV [(956-972 A.D.) Ranawella, 2004; Wickremasinghe, 1912]. The purport of the record was to give an account of the Abhayagiri Vihar…
