[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911) › c8.165 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c8.165 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c8.165 - **Language:** English ### [c8.165](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.165) structure, about 80 feet in diameter, is circular, standing on a terrace, also circular, and 125 yards in diameter. It was intended for the reception of the tooth-relic. The centre was occupied by a small \*dāgaba\* surrounded by sixteen statues, and two concentric circles of granite columns, twenty and sixteen in number respectively. The entrance was through a portico on the north-east. The elaborate decoration was lavished chiefly on the stylobate of the inner platform and on the staircase. A portion of the exterior is shown in Fig. 21, and the western stairs in Fig. 22.² - [Previous: c8.164](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.164) - [Next: c8.166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.166) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Polonnaruwa](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.polonnaruwa) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.165](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.165) · Pramāṇa