Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c24.20

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∗ For use of stone and mallet in India, see ‘Journal of Indian Art,’ Vol. VII., Pl. 58 and accompanying article. † The astrologers, at New Year, “had to superintend the preparation of a thousand small pots of the juices of wild medicinal plants at the Nata devale, from whence, carefully covered and sealed, they were to be sent to the palace, and distributed with much ceremony to the other temples” (Davy, ‘Travels in Ceylon,’ p. 168).