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CONTENTS OP THE SECOND VOLUME. 



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Cottawelle 583 



Topari or PoUanarrua . . . 583 

 Extreme beaut}' of the site . . 583 

 Importance of the city, anciently . 584 



Its vicissitudes 584 



Its extent and buildings . . . 584 

 The ruins unknown to the Portuguese 



and Dutch 586 



Their discovery in 1817 . . . 586 



The palace 587 



The " seven storied -house " . . 588 

 The great stone tablet . . .588 

 The "round-house ■' .... 589 

 The Dalada Malagawa , . .590 

 The Eankot Dagoba . . . .591 

 The Jayta-wana-rama . . 592, 593 

 Singular mode of lighting the statue 694 

 The^Kiri Dagoba . . . .594 

 The Gal-wahira . . . 595, 596 



Its colossal statues .... 597 

 Great extent of the ruins . . . 597 

 A colony of parroquets . . . 599 



CHAP. II. 



THE TANK OF MINERY. — ANARAJAPOORA, 

 A-ND THE WEST COAST. 



The artificial lake of Minery . . 600 



Its beauty 600 



A temple to its founder . . . 601 



Abundance of wild animals . . 601 



The Rittagalla Jlountain . . . 602 



The great tank of Kalaweva . . 602 



Its prodigious dimensions . . . 602 



The ruins of Vigita-poora . . . 603 



An abominable tree .... 603 



Colossal statue 604 



The sacred mountain of Mihintala . 605 



Its liistorical associations . . . 605 



Its ancient names . . (jiote) 006 



Enormous flights of stone steps . 607 



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 The Et-wihara Dagoba , . .607 

 The Ambustella Dagoba . . . 608 

 INIagnificent view .... 609 

 The road from Mihintala to Anaraja- 



poora 609 



The ancient tanks .... 609 

 Plan of the city . . . .610 



Ancient history of Anarajapoora . 611 

 The ruins of the Brazen Palace . 612 



Other antiquities .... 612 

 The Sacred Bo-tree .... 613 

 The oldest historical tree in the world 614 



Proofs of this 615 



The singular veneration shown to it . 616 

 Its present condition .... 618 

 Finely carved stone slab . . . 619 

 The tomb of Elala . . . .619 

 The Mirisiwettje Dagoba . . 620 



The Ruanwelle' Dagoba . . .620 

 Dimensions of the dagobas {note) 621 



Other monuments .... 621 

 The Abhaj'agiri Dagoba . . . 621 

 Its extraordinary size . . . 621 

 The Thuparama Dagoba . . . 622 

 The Dalada Jlaligawa . . .622 

 The Jayta-wana-rama Dagoba . . 623 

 Its imment>e cubical contents . . 623 

 Wild animals near the ruins . . 624 

 Fable of the jackal . . (jwte) %ib 

 The Giants' Tank .... 626 

 Its present condition and histoiy . 626 

 The country on the west coast . . 626 

 Koodramalie ..... 627 

 Putlam and its baobab-tree . . 627 

 Calpentyn and its " Gobb " . . 628 



Sea-snakes there and at the Basses 



{note) 628 



Chilaw 629 



Euins of Dambedenia and Yapahoo 



{note) 629 



Xegombo 630 



Evidences of the identity of the Bo- 

 tree .... {note) 631 



