Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c26.3

c26.3

The indigenous weavers, the *beravāyō*, on the other hand have probably made their plainer, homespun cottons, much as they are still made in one Kandyan village, from time immemorial, unaffected by changes of fashion at court or the influence of Indian weavers.† With their work the descriptions given in this chapter, and the pictures in the Plates, are exclusively concerned.