Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c7.73

c7.73

One other garment must be mentioned, the diya-kacciẏa, described more fully in the chapter on Weaving. It was the dress of runners and watchmen or guards (murakārayō), (see Pl. V.); and also a bathing costume generally; it is said also to have been regularly worn as an undergarment. Those worn by persons of rank were elaborately and beautifully ornamented.