History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c33.s3.36

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not to merit any distinct or separate mention. They indicate, however, a great degree of progressive wealth and power in the nation, from the earliest times to the present day, and an increasing prevalence of the Buddhistic system. This is a direct contrast to the history of Ceylon, whose glory was greatest in the earliest centuries of the Christian Era and was losing its purity at the time when the architectural history of Burma first dawns upon us. Thus the buildings of one country supplement those of the other, and present together a series of examples of the same class, ranging over more than 2000 years, if we reckon from the oldest dâgabas in Ceylon to the most modern in Burma.