A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c8.146

c8.146

The most conspicuous structures are the great Buddhist *dāgabas* (*stūpas*), far exceeding in dimensions anything of the kind now standing in India. That commonly called the Jetawanārāma, still 251 feet high, stands on a stone platform nearly 8 acres in extent, while the space included within the walled enclosure measures nearly 14 acres. The Abhayagiri *dāgaba*, almost equal in mass, was originally erected in the first century B. C. The earliest, the Thūpārāma, built in the days of Asoka, has been covered up in recent times, like most of the others, by later additions.²