Alawala Amuna Rock Inscription is found engraved on a rock by the side of the Kospotu Oya stream close to the Alawala Amuna dam at Alawala village.
Alawala Amuna Rock Inscription A lawala Amuna Rock Inscription (Sinhala: අලවල අමුණ ගිරි ලිපිය) is found engraved on a rock by the side of the Kospotu Oya stream of Deduru Oya River close to the Alawala Amuna dam at Alawala village in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka. It has been numbered 668 in the Inscriptions Register of the Archaeological Department.
The Inscription The inscription consists of 33 lines of writing and covers an area of 12 ft. by 11 ft. 8 in. (Paranavitana, 1960). The first ten lines have been damaged due to the ignorant deeds of treasure seekers; therefore, the name of the king in the fourth line has been lost (Paranavitana, 1960). However, scholars have correctly identified this record as a work belonging to the reign of King Parakramabahu V (1344-1359 A.D.) of the Gampola Period (Paranavitana, 1960; Ranawella, 2014). The inscription's script and language are Sinhala of the middle of the 14th century A.D. Content The inscription refers to the building of Lankatilaka Viharaya at Kandy but does not g…
