Upul Vehera (Ipul Vehera) is an ancient Buddhist monastery in Anuradhapura, known for a Brahmi slab inscription dating to the 1st–2nd century A.D.
Upul Vehera Archaeological Site U pul Vehera Archaeoln ancientogical Site , also known as Ipul Vehera (Sinhala: උපුල් වෙහෙර පුරාවිද්යා ස්ථානය), is a Buddhist monastery situated in Upul Vehera village near Andiyagala in Kiralava Korale of Kalagampalata in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. History A slab inscription was unearthed at the site and it revealed some information regarding the antiquity of this monastery. Upul Vehera Slab Inscription This inscription is badly weathered and was copied by the Department of Archaeology in 1955 (Paranavitana, 1983). The slab is covered by fifteen lines of writing but weathering has blurred many lines making it illegible (Paranavitana, 1983). The language of the inscription is Sinhala Prakrit and the script is Later Brahmi belonging to the first or second century A.D. (Paranavitana, 1983).
The inscription records details of donations made to a Vihara by various individuals (Paranavitana, 1983). The name of the royal donor occurs in line 1 as Tisa-maraja, son of Mahanaka-maharaja (Par…