Mihintale 47

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Material: Felswand.

Datierung: unklar, 90 v.Chr. bis 90 n.Chr. angesetzt. Paranvitana setzt um 210 - 200 v. Ch. an und sieht hier eine der frühesten Inschriften in Ceylon, die definitiv einem Herrscher zugeordnet werden kann (Ed.: S.lii ff., "The record being fragmentary, it is not certain whether the king himself, or some person connected to him, was the donor"; Ed. : S. xlvi). Typographisch ist die Schrift viel jünger.

Herkunft: Mihintale, Anuradhapura; Sri Lanka.

Scanvorlage:

Paranavitana, S.: Inscriptions of Ceylon

Vol. I: containing Cave Inscriptions from 3rd century B.C. to 1st century A.C. and other Inscriptions in the early Brāhmī Script. [o.O.], 1970; (Archaeological Survey of Ceylon)

Section A: Inscriptions in early Brāhmī Script, S. 1 ff.

Anuradhapura Distrikt, Mihintale

(Ed. S. vii: "Mihintale [Cetiyagiri, Missaka-pabbata, Mahinda-taṭa] in Kanadarā Korale of nuvaragam Palāta in the Anurādhapura District; eight miles east of Anurādhapura on the Trincomalee Road. Nos. 1-75") Pl.V, No. 47:

De[va]napiya-maharajhaha Gamaṇi-U[ti].. .. .. .. (ha) nimaṇe

Übersetzung: "The creation of ... Gāmaṇī Uttiya, the great king, Friend of the Gods..."

Literatur:

EZ. 5: 210 ff.

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Historical persons

• Devanapiya Gamaṇi Uti (König)

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