[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) › c8.169 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c8.169 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c8.169 - **Language:** English ### [c8.169](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.169) bear single lions and pilasters on their capitals, the outermost \[bears\] posturing \*gaṇas\* (dwarfs). In height this row of columns is but 9 ft. 9 in., while the two inner rows reach 16 ft. All are octagonal, and all are unbroken, save four; but several have lost their spreading capitals. Within the circle of pillars, seated on an \*āsanaya\*, is a Buddha in stone; probably one of four cardinally placed, with their backs to a small central \*dāgaba\*. The design on the stone slab wall encircling the \*dāgaba\* and columns is the "Buddhist railing" pattern, in this differing from the flowered ornamentation of the Polonnāruwa "\*Waṭa-dā-gē\*". - [Previous: c8.168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.168) - [Next: c8.170](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.170) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.169](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.169) · Pramāṇa