. Ceylon : an account of the island, physical, historical, and topographical with notices of its natural history, antiquities and productions. Natural history -- Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka. Chap. II.] THE JAYTA-WANA-EAMA DAGOBA. (323 edifice still remain, and in front of tlicni is a semicircular stone, similar in design to that at the entrance to the great Wihara, but inferior in execution. Another re- markable object in the same vicinity is a block of granite, upwai'ds of ten feet in length, hollowed into a cistern, whicli tradition has described as the trough of Dutugai- munu's elephant. Beyond th
. Ceylon : an account of the island, physical, historical, and topographical with notices of its natural history, antiquities and productions. Natural history -- Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka. Chap. II.] THE JAYTA-WANA-EAMA DAGOBA. (323 edifice still remain, and in front of tlicni is a semicircular stone, similar in design to that at the entrance to the great Wihara, but inferior in execution. Another re- markable object in the same vicinity is a block of granite, upwai'ds of ten feet in length, hollowed into a cistern, whicli tradition has described as the trough of Dutugai- munu's elephant. Beyond the Thuparama stands the Lanka-ramaya, a dagoba of the third centiuy, which is still in tolerable preservation ; and further to the north is the Jayta-wana- rama^, erected by Maha Sen, 330. It still rises to the height of two hundred and forty-nine feet, and is clothed to tlie siniimit with trees of the largest THE JATTA-WANARAMA DAGOBA. The sohd mass of masonry in this vast mound is pro- digious. Its diameter is three hundred and sixty feet, and its present height (including the pedestal and spire) two hundred and forty-nine feet; so that the contents of the semicircular dome of brickwork and the platform of stone, seven hundred and twenty feet square and fifteen feet high, exceed twenty millions of cubical feet. Even with the facilities ^vhich modern invention sup- ' Called Jeta-tvanno, in the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tennent, James Emerson, Sir, 1804-1869. London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts
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