{"id":60246,"date":"2021-03-24T13:43:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T13:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=60246"},"modified":"2021-03-24T13:44:37","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T13:44:37","slug":"badulla-pillar-inscription-sri-lankas-largest-pillar-inscription-by-arundathie-abeysinghe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/badulla-pillar-inscription-sri-lankas-largest-pillar-inscription-by-arundathie-abeysinghe\/","title":{"rendered":"Badulla Pillar Inscription &#8211; Sri Lanka\u2019s largest pillar inscription By Arundathie Abeysinghe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><b>Badulla Pillar Inscription &#8211; Sri Lanka\u2019s largest pillar inscription<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #420606;\"><b>By Arundathie Abeysinghe<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-49149 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ms.-Arundathie-Abeysinghe.jpg\" alt=\"Ms. Arundathie Abeysinghe\" width=\"224\" height=\"204\" \/>Badulla Pillar Inscription also known as Sorabora Wewa Pillar Inscription is the largest Pillar Inscription with the smallest letters found in Sri Lanka with a height of 2.43 meters.\u00a0 The Pillar Inscription carved on a rock surface contains 203 lines and about 2000 mediaeval Sinhala scripts belonging to the era of King Udaya IV (946-954).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Badulla Pillar Inscription had been found by Jone Belli, British Deputy Agent for *Badulla in 1857 about 4.8 kilometers towards north east of Mahiyangana Raja Maha Viharaya (an ancient Buddhist Temple in *Mahiyangana) and in close proximity to *Soraborawewa.\u00a0 Initially, the Pillar Inscription had been placed at the *kachcheri in Badulla. Later, it has been placed at Senarath Paranavithana Memorial Library of Badulla, the present location, due to conservation purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">According to archaeologists, the inscription has described about the king\u2019s orders about a market and rules of trading; traders and householders of Hopitigama (a market town in Badulla) had submitted a petition describing corruption carried out by the village chief to King Udaya when he visited Mahiyangana Raja Maha Viharaya. The king ordered to carry out a probe regarding the corruption and this pillar inscription had been erected on the orders of the King. The Pillar Inscription has published rules prohibiting such illegal activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">According to a description in the Pillar Inscription, during those days scales had been used to measure grain and bulls had been used to transport goods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60248\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Badulla-Pillar-Inscription-Sri-Lankas-largest-pillar-inscription.jpeg\" alt=\"Badulla Pillar Inscription - Sri Lanka\u2019s largest pillar inscription By Arundathie Abeysinghe\" width=\"600\" height=\"680\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>Badulla &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Situated in lower central hills, Badulla is the capital city of *Uva Province and Badulla District.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>Ceylon <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Sri Lanka gained Independence from British Colonials in 1948. In 1972, Ceylon became a republic within the Commonwealth and Ceylon was thereafter known as Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>Kachcheri &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A District Secretariat which functions as a liaison between the Central Government of Sri Lanka and its activities conducted at district level. Kachcheri is a Hindustani word that was initially used for Revenue Collector\u2019s Office during the British Colonial Era in Ceylon.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>Mahiyangana &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A town situated in Badulla District of *Uva Province of Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>Soraborawewa &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An ancient reservoir in<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahiyangana in Badulla District of Sri Lanka. The tank is believed to have been constructed during King Dutugemunu\u2019s (161 BC- 137 BC) era by a giant named Bulatha. The tank covers an area of 4.5 kliometers. In the past, the tank had been known as \u201cSea of Bintenna\u201d by locals.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>Uva Province &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the fourth largest province in Sri Lanka bordered by Central, Eastern and Southern provinces.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Image courtesy: archaeology.lk<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Badulla Pillar Inscription &#8211; Sri Lanka\u2019s largest pillar inscription By Arundathie Abeysinghe &nbsp; Badulla Pillar Inscription also known as Sorabora Wewa Pillar Inscription is the largest Pillar Inscription with the smallest letters found in Sri Lanka with a height of 2.43 meters.\u00a0 The Pillar Inscription carved on a rock surface contains 203 lines and about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":60248,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,29237],"tags":[29166,33403,31033,33405,33404,30747],"class_list":{"0":"post-60246","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-aside","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"category-arundathie-abeysinghe","9":"tag-arundathie-abeysinghe","10":"tag-badulla-pillar","11":"tag-kachcheri","12":"tag-mahiyangana","13":"tag-sorabora-wewa","14":"tag-uva-province","15":"post_format-post-format-aside"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Badulla Pillar Inscription - Sri Lanka\u2019s largest pillar inscription By Arundathie Abeysinghe - eLanka<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Badulla Pillar Inscription also known as Sorabora Wewa Pillar Inscription is the largest Pillar Inscription with the smallest letters found in Sri Lanka with a height of 2.43 meters.\u00a0 The Pillar Inscription carved on a rock surface contains 203 lines and about 2000 mediaeval Sinhala scripts belonging to the era of King Udaya IV (946-954).\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Badulla Pillar Inscription - Sri Lanka\u2019s largest pillar inscription By Arundathie Abeysinghe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Badulla Pillar Inscription also known as Sorabora Wewa Pillar Inscription is the largest Pillar Inscription with the smallest letters found in Sri Lanka with a height of 2.43 meters.\u00a0 The Pillar Inscription carved on a rock surface contains 203 lines and about 2000 mediaeval Sinhala scripts belonging to the era of King Udaya IV (946-954).\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/badulla-pillar-inscription-sri-lankas-largest-pillar-inscription-by-arundathie-abeysinghe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"eLanka\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eLanka.com.au\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-24T13:43:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-03-24T13:44:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Badulla-Pillar-Inscription-Sri-Lankas-largest-pillar-inscription.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"680\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"eLanka admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"eLanka admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/badulla-pillar-inscription-sri-lankas-largest-pillar-inscription-by-arundathie-abeysinghe\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/badulla-pillar-inscription-sri-lankas-largest-pillar-inscription-by-arundathie-abeysinghe\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"eLanka admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/person\/f6e635b74ab35ef88a68a9973cacc5bd\"},\"headline\":\"Badulla Pillar Inscription &#8211; 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