. Ceylon : an account of the island, physical, historical, and topographical with notices of its natural history, antiquities and productions. Natural history. Chap. V.] DUTUGAIMUNU. 357 biiikling must have been taken down in 240, as tlie king who was then reigning caused " the pillars of the Lowa Pasado to be arranged in a different ; The edifice erected on its site was pulled to the ground by the apostate Maha Sen, 301^; but penitently reconstructed by him on liis recantation of his errors. Its last recorded restoration took place in the reign of Prakrama-bahu, towar
. Ceylon : an account of the island, physical, historical, and topographical with notices of its natural history, antiquities and productions. Natural history. Chap. V.] DUTUGAIMUNU. 357 biiikling must have been taken down in 240, as tlie king who was then reigning caused " the pillars of the Lowa Pasado to be arranged in a different ; The edifice erected on its site was pulled to the ground by the apostate Maha Sen, 301^; but penitently reconstructed by him on liis recantation of his errors. Its last recorded restoration took place in the reign of Prakrama-bahu, towards the close of the twelfth century, when " the king rebuilt the Lowa-Maha-paya, and raised up the 1600 pillars of ; TJius exposed to spohation by its splendour, and obnoxious to infidel invaders from the rehgious uses to which it was dedicated, it was subjected to violence on every commotion, whether civil or external, which dis- tm^bed the repose of tlie capital; and at the present day, no traces of it remain except the indestructible monoliths on which it stood. A " world of stone RUINS OF THE BRAZEN PALACE. columns," to use the cpiaint expression of Knox, still marks the site of the Brazen Palace of Dutugaimunu, Mahawanso, cli. xxxvii. A ,\ 3. 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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