A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c9.s2.122

c9.s2.122

Large and often colossal images of Buddha, seated, standing, or recumbent, are numerous in the island, some of which undoubtedly must be very ancient. One of the oldest, probably, is a battered seated figure at Tantrimalai, which wears a conical cap, and is believed by Mr. Parker to date from about the beginning of the Christian era.⁴