Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c22.118

c22.118

The *ran-avudha-lekam-mahatmaya*, or keeper of the armoury, had charge of the royal arms, of which he kept a register, and it was his business to see that they were kept in good order by the different smiths attached to the department. Attached to this department were forty-eight young men of rank who assisted the *lekam-mahatmaya* (Davy ‘Travels in Ceylon,’ p. 153).