Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Periods) c41.51

c41.51

Let's double check `@H CXXX`: In the corner, it's just `CXXX`.@H CXXX for mountains and peaks appealed to the Buddhist mind as sacred elements reaching upwards and charged with mystic power. To imitate these and to deposit at their summit some emblem of the Buddha may explain the urge to produce such mountainous masses of masonry. For unlike the Indian stupas, as for instance Amaravati or Sanchi, the Sinhalese dagabas were not highly decorated works of architecture, nor did they contain sculpture galleries narrating incidents of the Buddha cult, a certain amount of painting may have been added and some statuary was included in the scheme, but the general impression conveyed was the vastness and solidity of the conception, within the womb of which, unseen and inviolate, reposed some physical attribute of the Great Teacher.