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Hunagiri Vihara

a Pleiades name resource

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Romanized Name(s):
Hunagiri Vihara, hunəɡiri

Name as attested:

හුනගිරි

Language:
Sinhala

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

eighth century of the common era (confident)

References:

Evidence:

Sigiri graffiti volume 2 number 88 (page 53-54)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Date of late 8th century on paleographical grounds for the graffito (Paranavitana).

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