Thonigala Inscription (Vavuniya)
Thonigala inscription is a private document dated in the 3rd year of King Sirimeghavanna (304-332 A.D.), the son of Mahasena (277-304 A.D.).
Not to be confused with Thonigala Rock Inscriptions, Anamaduwa T he Thonigala Rock Inscription of the reign of King Sirimeghavanna (Sinhala: වවුනියාව තෝනිගල සෙල් ලිපිය) is found engraved on a low flat hummock of gneiss known as Thonigala (or Nagaragala) located in Vavuniya District, Sri Lanka. This inscription is considered important as it reveals some information about the economic condition in Sri Lanka during the 4th century A.D. (Medhananda, 2003; Paranavitana,1933). The Inscription Site The site of the inscription is located about half a mile to the north of the 6th-milepost on the minor road from Vavuniya to Horovupotana, just by the boundary line between the Northern and North-Central Provinces (Paranavitana,1933). Ruins of a small Stupa built of rubble and two rock inscriptions are found at the site (Medhananda, 2003; Paranavitana,1933). Of the two inscriptions, one is fragmentary (or unfinished) and the other received the attention of several scholars such as Henry Parker (1886…