 The inscription is identified by Senarath Paranavithana however to be in early Sinhalese.The Buddhist list of holy places ("Nampotha") names it as "Vallipuram" or sand city.The exact details of the temple complex are not known, and the famous 'Vallipuram" Buddha statue from the 3rd–4th century AD built in the Dravidian art of "Amaravathi" style was found under the Vallipuram Aalvar temple.