Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c6.57

c6.57

∗ A most beautiful description. Kandy is lovely still, but must have been much more so in the simhala raja kale, “in the days of the Sinhalese kings.” † Mahāvaṃsa, Ch. C., Lawrie’s Gazetteer, pp. 941, 963, and P. B. Pieris, J.C.B.R.A.S., Vol. XVIII., pp. 17-44, 1904. ‡ See ‘Mahāvaṃsa,’ Chaps. XIX., C., and Lawrie’s Gazetteer, passim.