[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › Mediaeval Sinhalese Art # Mediaeval Sinhalese Art Kandyan-period crafts: architecture, woodwork, painting, sculpture, metalwork, jewellery, textiles, with craft organisation, technical terms and śilpa texts; 150+ plates. - **Language:** English - **Author:** [Ananda K. Coomaraswamy](https://indike.org/pramana/person/coomaraswamy-ak) - **Extent:** 2,535 passages, 206,711 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · Broad Campden: Essex House Press 1908; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Ananda K. Coomaraswamy †1947); published before 1931:… ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c1) — 8 parts - [c2 Mediæval Sinhalese Art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c2) — 7 parts - [c3 Foreword](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c3) — 32 parts - [c4 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c4) — 45 parts - [c5 List of Illustrations in the Text](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c5) — 3 parts - [c6 Chapter I. The Sinhalese People](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c6) — 80 parts - [c7 Chapter II. Social Economy of the Kandyan Sinhalese in the Eighteenth Century](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c7) — 142 parts - [c8 Appendix to Chapter II](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c8) — 2 parts - [c9 Chapter III. Particular Account of the Artificers](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c9) — 38 parts - [c10 Appendix to Chapter III](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c10) — 5 parts - [c11 Chapter IV. Elements of Sinhalese Design and Ornament](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c11) — 25 parts - [c12 Appendix to Chapter IV.: The Rūpāvaliya](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c12) — 2 parts - [c13 Chapter V. Architecture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c13) — 43 parts - [c14 Appendix to Chapter V. Māyāmataya](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c14) — 40 parts - [c15 Chapter VI. Woodwork](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c15) — 101 parts - [c16 Chapter VII. Stonework](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c16) — 22 parts - [c17 Chapter VIII. Figure Sculpture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c17) — 18 parts - [c18 Appendix to Chapter VIII. Sāriputra](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c18) — 24 parts - [c19 Chapter IX. Painting](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19) — 81 parts - [c20 Appendix to Chapter IX](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c20) — 3 parts - [c21 Chapter X. Ivory, Bone, Horn, and Shell](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c21) — 34 parts - [c22 Chapter XI. Metal Work: Iron, Brass, Copper and Bronze; Gold and Silver; Jewellery](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c22) — 161 parts - [c23 Chapter XII. Lac-Work](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c23) — 17 parts - [c24 Chapter XIII. Earthenware](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c24) — 68 parts - [c25 Appendix to Chapter XIII. Potter's Song](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c25) — 24 parts - [c26 Chapter XIV. Weaving](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c26) — 24 parts - [c27 Chapter XV. Embroidery](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c27) — 27 parts - [c28 Appendix to Chapter XV. Revival of Sinhalese Embroidery](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c28) — 2 parts - [c29 Chapter XVI. Mat Weaving and Dyeing](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c29) — 2 parts - [c30 Appendix to Chapter XVI](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c30) — 2 parts - [c31 Chapter XVII. History of Sinhalese Art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c31) — 32 parts - [c32 Appendix to Chapter XVII. The Influence of Greek on Indian Art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c32) — 32 parts - [c33 Appendix I. The Kandy Art Association](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c33) — 5 parts - [c34 Appendix II. Addenda et Corrigenda](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c34) — 37 parts - [c35 Glossary and Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c35) — 147 parts - [c36 Errata](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c36) — 5 parts - [c37 Postscript](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c37) — 4 parts - [c38 Description of Plates](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c38) — 751 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908) · Pramāṇa