The Kotagama inscription found in
Kegalle District
Kegalle is a district in Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka. It is one of 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary ( ...
in
Sri Lanka is a record of victory left by the
Aryacakravarti
The Arya Chakravarti dynasty ( ta, ஆரியச் சக்கரவர்த்திகள் வம்சம், Sinhalese language, Sinhalese: ආර්ය චක්රවර්තී රාජවංශය) were kings of the Jaffna ...
kings of the
Jaffna Kingdom in western Sri Lanka.
[Rasanayagm, ''Ancient Jaffna'', p.364] The inscription reads;
Some historians attribute the inscriptions to
Martanda Cinkaiariyan (died 1348) whereas others date it to the 15th century based on language usage.
[Peebles, ''History of Sri Lanka'', p.31-32] The inscription is written in Tamil script
The Tamil script ( , ) is an abugida script that is used by Tamils and Tamil speakers in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and elsewhere to write the Tamil language. Certain minority languages such as Saurashtra, Badaga, ...
.
See also
* Annaicoddai seal
* Tissamaharama Tamil Brahmi inscription Tissamaharama inscription No. 53 refers to a fragment of black and red ware flat dish inscribed in Brahmi script excavated at the earliest layer in southern town of Tissamaharama in Sri Lanka. It is dated to approximately 200 BC by German scholars w ...
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Tamil inscriptions in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka inscriptions