[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Mediaeval Sinhalese Art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908) › c19.73 # Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c19.73 Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c19.73 - **Language:** English ### [c19.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.73) Fa Hian (A.D. 400) states that on a certain occasion during his visit, both sides of a procession road were decorated with representations of Buddha in the five hundred bodily forms which he assumed in his different births before the last; “these figures are all beautifully painted in divers colours, and have a very life-like appearance”\*; no doubt they were made of imperament materials somewhat similar to those used in \*bali\* ceremonies. - [Previous: c19.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.72) - [Next: c19.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.74) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.73) · Pramāṇa