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Historic Kasagala Rajamaha Vihara.

 

Abhilekana

Ancient document or symbols hand written on any surface can be identified as Aabhilekana. Writing these Abhilekana in Sri Lanka was started in the period of sixth century D.C. Mediums like surface of granite, clay, metal and Palmyra leaves had been used for this purpose. Based on the places and mediums of such Abhilekana they are categorized as epigraphs, cave letter, mountain letter, pillar letter, board letter, royal grants, metal extracts, talipots etc. Documents of this type found so far in archeological sites have been written in the languages of Sinhala, Pali, Sanskrit, Tamil, Arabic, Chinese and English. Much social, economic, political and cultural information could be identified through the study of  epigraphs.

 

 

Epigraphs that can be seen in Kasagala Temple.

This letter which is belonged to the period of 5 -6 centure D. C. is written in transitive Brahman letters. Ancient Sinhala characters could be seen here. This epigraphs reveal that the person called “Mani Aba” is released from the state of slave.

 

 

The Inscription belonging to 5th or 6th Centaury is written in Brhami Letters. The old Sinhala language is found here. This inscription says that a person called “Kahadalani” was set free from Slavery.

 

 

 


Last modified date : December 15, 2023