Wewelketiya Slab Inscription
The Wewelketiya Slab Inscription (Sinhala: වේවැල්කැටිය පුවරු ලිපිය) is found erected on a plot of land situated in the Wewelketiya village in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. The record The stone slab on which the inscription is engraved is 6 feet 6 inches in height and 1 foot 8 inches in width (Ranawella, 2004). The record contains 45 lines of writing engraved between parallel horizontal lines (Ranawella, 2004; Wickremasinghe, 1912). The script and the language of the record are Sinhala of the 10th century (Ranawella, 2004). It is dated in the second year of a king-styled Sirisangbo Abha, the son of a king who is also styled Sirisangbo (Ranawella, 2004). According to scholars, this is none other than King Udaya IV [(946-954 A.D.) Ranawella, 2004]. Content About 14 inscriptions with texts very similar to the Wewelketiya inscription have been discovered in several other places in the country such as Kahatagasdigiliya, Dombavalagama, Vessagiriya , Maluveyaya, Hingurakgoda, Kottapitiya, Velga…
