Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c14.8

c14.8

There they found a tree, tall and straight, worthy to be the single pillar of such a palace. ‘Here are trees,’ said they, ‘but the road is rough, and we shall never be able to remove them; let us go ask the king what is to be done.’ But when they did, the king said, *Bhadda Sala Jataka*