Yapahuwa Raja Maha Viharaya Yapahuwa Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: යාපහුව රජ මහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in the shade of the Yapahuwa rock in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka. History As is evidenced by the Brahmi Inscriptions in situ, the Buddhist monastery at Yapahuwa has been established in the early Christian centuries long before the construction of the Yapahuwa Fortress by Subha (Nicholas, 1963). Large-sized bricks containing the earliest type of Brahmi letters as mason's mark have been found on the top part of the rock and also a few early Brahmi inscriptions of the 1st century A.D. have been found on a rock near a cave with drip-ledges at the foot of the rock (Paranavitana, 2001). They reveal the donation of tanks to the Buddhist monks who were living in the monastery at Yapahuwa (Dias, 1991; Paranavitana, 2001). Period: 1st century A.D. Script: Early Brahmi Language: Old Sinhala Transcript: (1) Bamaha-nakaraka-vavi sagike (2) Coribevire-vavi sagike Translation: (1) The tank…