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The galpota (stone book) - a giant inscription in the shape of a palm-leaf manuscript - was a work of king Nissankamalla (r. 1187-96 AD), describing his genealogy, heroic and altruistic deeds, the largest stone inscription so far discovered in Sri Lanka.
LOCATION: Polonnaruwa
DATE: Thu, 12/05/2011
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