Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c34.4.4

c34.4.4

*Tavalam merchants.* Those travelling from Galle and Hambantoṭa to the Kandyan provinces carried salt, salt fish, cotton handkerchiefs and cloth; and brought back ivory, beeswax, cotton, pepper, coffee, cardamoms, honey, turmeric, deer horns, skins, ghee, and various vegetable drugs (Bennett, ‘Ceylon and its Capabilities,’ p. 293). —*Husbandry.* "Every man is a cultivator or proprietor of land, and I do not suppose there is one Sinhalese villager who is to any extent dependent on a trade for a livelihood" (A. O. Brodie, J.C.B.R.A.S., III., 14). P. 35. *Women.* For the story of a woman archer, see Lawrie, Gazetteer, p. 622. P. 36. *Dedications by women.* Ambamalla Vihāra "was built at her own expense by a woman of the village" (Bell, Kēgalla Report, p. 67). P. 38. *Perahera.* The potters during the five days of the ran-doli perahera took part in the procession, carrying earthen vessels with sprays of coconut flower (Service Tenures Commission Report, 1872, p. 465). P. 39. *Kārtti Maṅgalya.* "Which is celebrated only by lighting of Lamps round about the Pagoda. At which time they stick up the longest Poles they can get in the Woods, at the doors of the Pagods and of the King's Palace. Upon which they make contrivances to set Lamps in rows one above the other, even unto the very tops of the Poles" (Knox, p. 80). P. 48. *Dedications.* Cf. gift to Doḍanvela Dēvāle, Lawrie's Gazetteer, p. 175. P. 52.