30 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
Agatheremus (circa 272 4. D.) gives a detailed description of theif 
mode of dressing the hair. ‘The men,” he says, “ who inhabit 
Ceylon allow their hair an unlimited growth, and bind it on the 
crown of their heads after the manner of women.”’* 

Fig 3. —Sri Lankesvara Type. 
With his right hand he holds the sceptre of royalty (“jayakonte” ), 
the emblem of his power.t To the left or innerside of the sceptre 
is a figure which I take to be another royal emblem, the “ camara,” t 
or flapper used to drive away flies from the royal presence. 
The king stands on a lotus stalk terminating in figures 1, 2, and 4 
with a flower. The left arm is bent downwards in figure 3. In the 
rest it is turned upwards, and in figures 2 and 4 holds a lotus flower, 
while in figures ] and 5 it holds a circular object, which I believe to 
be the “ chakra” or “ discus,’ denoting universal dominion. Under- 
neath the left arm are circular dots, which may be meant to depict 
the varying phases of the moon. 

Fig. 4.—Sri Lankesvara Type. 
On the reverse is the figure of the king in a rather uncomfortable 
sedent attitude.’, The parallel lines below indicate the throne. In 
figures 1 and 5 the left hand holds the “‘ chakra,” and in the other 
figures a lotus flower. To the right of the figure is the legend “Sri 
Lankesvara ”’§ (His Majesty t the Lord of Lanka). 

* “Toye KarouKovvrac avrny Pa ae pradAdte avadeokar Tac kepadQac.”” 
Agathemerus Geogr., Lib., I., ch. VI. 
Also, the Mahawansa says of Prakrama Bahu the Great: ‘‘ Thereupon he 
forthwith fastened his hair-knot firmly, and wrapped himself closely in the 
blanket that he had girded himself with,” &c. (Wijesinha’s Mahawansa, Part 
Pp sly 
+ Of Duttagamini (161 to 137 3B. c.) the Mahawansa says: ‘* The royal 
suite, who were the sceptre bearers, in like manner deposited in an erect 
position, on the site of the (future) dagoba of that name, the imperial 
sceptre.”” (Wijesinha’s Mahawansa, Part I., p. 102.) 
$ ‘<A yak’s tail, used asa whisk to drive away flies; it is one of the 
insignia of royalty.” (Childers’s Pali Dictionary.) 
§ The letter ‘‘ra”’ is omitted in all the specimens for want of space. 
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