A Trilingual Slab Installed in Sri Lanka by Admiral Zheng He

by R Shanmugananthan, August 28, 2020

TRILINGUAL-INSCRIPTION

Admiral Zheng He made seven expeditions in the Indian Ocean. In Sri Lanka he set up a
Trilingual slab (stele) with inscriptions in Devinuwara in circa 1409 CE.  It was found in Galle in 1911 by
a British Engineer.

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