PLAN OF A PORTION OF THE SACRED CITY OF 



ANARAJAPOORA, 



FROM A SURVEY MADE BY MAJOR SKINNER, DEPUTY-ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL 1832. 



The Tomb of King Batiya Tissa. I 



Place for Burning the Bodies of the Kin^s. 

 Place of Lamentation for the Royal Family. 

 The Assembly Hall of the Priests. 

 Pansila of the present High Priest, \ 



The Peacock Palace. I 



The Carved Doorstep of the Maha Wihara. ' 



A Pillar to mark the spot where Elala was en- ' 

 countered by Dutugaimunu. I 



Tamera polona, a small tank for absolution. 

 Excavation 7 ft, in depth, with an apartment for 



Devotees visiting the Temple. 

 Stone Pillar believed to possess the power of restor- 

 ing reason to the insane. 

 A Bathing Tank faced with stone. 

 Carved Stone removed by Dutugaimunu, from the 

 centre of the area now covered by the Ruauwelli 

 Dagoba. 

 A Well 110 ft. deep and 188 in circumference, 



descended by concentric stages of stone. 

 Slab to denote the spot whereDutugaimunu reclined 

 to contemplate the Dagoba, on the eve of his, 

 death, ^^faha>ranso^ ch. xxxiii.) | 



Stone Bath of Dutugaimunu. i 



Tomb of Dutugaimunu. I 



Statue of King Baatiya Tissa. ] 



The Stone said to cover the entrance to the subter- 

 ranean passage leading to the interior of the 

 Ruanwelli Dagoba. 1 



Pooda-hiri-wena, the Serpents' Pit. 

 Ruins of the SailiyaChetiyn, a small but very sacred [ 

 Dagoba, built B.C. 89. (Mahawanso, ch. xxxiii.)- 

 , Bed of a Stream, the Halpane EUa, with remains ] 



of an embankment on either side. 

 , Semicircular carved stone. 

 , Elephant Trough of Dutugaimunu. 

 , Tomb of Sangha-mitta. 

 Residence of the Chief of the District. , 



Ruins of the Palace, Stone Canoe, Columns &c. i 





Mahavellanam-Vediii, the great \ — ^:ii5- 

 East and AVest Street J ^ 



