Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c19.79

c19.79

Passing on to later times, we find at Polonnaruva in the Mahā Demala Saya certain jataka paintings, more like the Sigiriya work than modern work; and on certain of the dāgabas (Ruvanveli and Abhayagiriya) at Anurādhapura, paintings (patterns) in a very bad state of preservation, but which also incline to the earlier type in their free and almost careless execution.‡