Gal Pota, or Stone Book, is an long granite carving of a palm leaf book that was used to record Buddhist texts and royal genealogies. However this slab praises the works of King #2, Nissankamalla, a Tamil prince from India who married into the Sinhalese nobility. He is the third Polonnaruwan king.
The inscription is the longest stone inscription in Sri Lanka. There’s also a footnote that the 25-ton stone was dragged from Mihintale, 100 km away.
On the end of the stone is the Hindu goddess Lakshmi receiving a shower by two elephants, a symbol of wealth.
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