{"id":130188,"date":"2024-02-12T16:39:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T16:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=130188"},"modified":"2024-02-12T16:39:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T16:39:36","slug":"largest-inscription-from-dimbulagala-belongs-to-beginning-of-2nd-century-bc-or-earlier-by-chaturanga-pradeep-samarawickrama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/largest-inscription-from-dimbulagala-belongs-to-beginning-of-2nd-century-bc-or-earlier-by-chaturanga-pradeep-samarawickrama\/","title":{"rendered":"Largest inscription from Dimbulagala belongs to beginning of 2nd century BC or earlier-By CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Largest inscription from Dimbulagala belongs to beginning of 2nd century BC or earlier-By CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymirror.lk\/breaking-news\/Largest-inscription-from-Dimbulagala-belongs-to-beginning-of-2nd-century-BC-or-earlier\/108-276621\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bmkltsly13vb.compat.objectstorage.ap-singapore-1.oraclecloud.com\/cdn.sg.dailymirror.lk\/assets\/uploads\/image_d59e5d5d32.jpg\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #800080;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymirror.lk\/breaking-news\/Largest-inscription-from-Dimbulagala-belongs-to-beginning-of-2nd-century-BC-or-earlier\/108-276621\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dailymirror<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #800080;\">Image Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymirror.lk\/breaking-news\/Largest-inscription-from-Dimbulagala-belongs-to-beginning-of-2nd-century-BC-or-earlier\/108-276621\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dailymirror<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Colombo, Feb 8 (Daily Mirror) &#8211; The largest inscription ever in Sri Lanka, found from the Dimbulagala Monastery grounds, belongs to the beginning of the second centrury BC or earlier than that, Sri Jayawardenapura University History and Archaeology professor Karunasena Hettiarachchi said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Addressing the media, he said 60 percent of this inscription was unreadable and 40 percent was readable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;This inscription was written in Brahmi characters. We found that 24 Brahmi characters were used on the inscription. At least 1,000 characters were used. Moreover, there are several rare symbols, which have never been seen by officials through their previous inscriptions,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">According to the signs, characters, and unique symbols, the committee had decided to announce that the inscription belonged to the beginning of the second centrum BC or earlier than that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Polonnaruwa Archeology Office found the largest inscription ever found in the country on July 10, 2023, at the Dimbulagala Monastery grounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Ministry Secretary Somaratne Vidanapathirana, said that eleven expert committee members, comprising Vice President of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka Archaeologists, specialized in epigraphy, Ms. Malini Dias and Prof. Karunasena Hettiarachchi, were appointed on January 17, 2024, to issue a report after exploring a 45-feet-long and 18-feet-high inscription.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The inscription was recovered by the villagers of Dimbulagala. Accordingly, initial steps in exploring the inscription were completed on November 18, 2023, Vidanapathirana said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Meanwhile, Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Minister Vidura Wickramanayaka, told the media that the printed copies of the inscription should be available to the public and that they must conduct more studies to reveal the history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymirror.lk\/breaking-news\/Largest-inscription-from-Dimbulagala-belongs-to-beginning-of-2nd-century-BC-or-earlier\/108-276621\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bmkltsly13vb.compat.objectstorage.ap-singapore-1.oraclecloud.com\/cdn.sg.dailymirror.lk\/assets\/uploads\/image_a8fe15556a.jpg\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Largest inscription from Dimbulagala belongs to beginning of 2nd century BC or earlier-By CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA Source:Dailymirror Image Source:Dailymirror Colombo, Feb 8 (Daily Mirror) &#8211; The largest inscription ever in Sri Lanka, found from the Dimbulagala Monastery grounds, belongs to the beginning of the second centrury BC or earlier than that, Sri Jayawardenapura University History [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":130189,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[53065,48223],"class_list":{"0":"post-130188","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-aside","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"tag-somaratne-vidanapathirana","9":"tag-vidura-wickramanayaka","10":"post_format-post-format-aside"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - 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