Jaffna Tamil Inscription of Parakramabahu VI
Jaffna Tamil Inscription of King Parakramabahu VI (1412-1467 A.D.) is presently preserved in the Archaeological Museum located in Jaffna.
The Jaffna Tamil Inscription of Parakramabahu VI is one of the Tamil Inscriptions in Sri Lanka . Inscribed on a limestone pillar, this artefact was discovered in 1968 when it was used as a floor stone in a tea shop called Central Cafe on Main Street in Jaffna (Indrapala, 1971). It was later moved by authorities to the nearby Jaffna Archaeological Museum for conservation. The limestone appears to have formed part of a door-jamb or a pillar in an earlier structure but is presently in a fragmentary state (Indrapala, 1971). The inscription on it covers an area of 5' 6'' x 7'' and contains 25 lines of writing but only 15 lines are readable (Indrapala, 1971). The Content Except for the first letter in Grantha, the rest of the record is inscribed in the Tamil script of the 15th century (Indrapala, 1971). According to Indrapala, the writing of this record is similar to that of the Naimmana Tamil Inscription of King Parakramabahu VI [(1412-1467 A.D.) Indrapala, 1971]. The purpos…