Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c32.14

c32.14

There are also literary references to images in post-Buddhist and pre-Gandhāra times. Thus the Mahāvamsa informs us that in the relic chamber of the Ruvanveli Dāgaba, King Duṭṭha Gāmaṇi (161—137 B.C.) placed a resplendent golden image of Buddha, in the attitude in which he achieved Buddhahood. The features and members of that image were represented in their several appropriate colours, in gloriously resplendent gems. Figures of the gods were also set in the relic chamber.