Kiribath Vehera Kiribath Vehera Kiribat Vehera (Sinhala: කිරිබත් වෙහෙර) is a ruined Buddhist monastery site in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. It is located about 800 m to the northeast of the Vijayarama Monstery Complex . History Although the builder of this monastery is not known, it is assumed to be a work of the early Anuradhapura Period . A 10th-century pillar inscription of the Atthani type (immunity grant inscription) that was unearthed from the site revealed that the land named Uturmegiriwatta had been granted to a dispensary at Bamunkumbara (Wikramagamage, 2004; Wickremasinghe, 1912). Based on this, scholars such as Senarat Paranavirana tended to believe that this could be the site of the ancient Uttara Meghagiri Viharaya (Wikramagamage, 2004). Kiribath Vehera Pillar Inscription This inscription was discovered in 1891 by the then Archaeological Commissioner H.C.P. Bell (Wickremasinghe, 1912). It is dated in the 14th year of a king-styled Siri Sangbo who, according to scholars, is non-other than …
