146 THE NATIOxNAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 
Photo from Eliza R. Scidmore 
THE ALU VIHARA, A CAVE TEMPLE AND MONASTERY NEAR MATAEE, WHERE THE 
BUDDHIST TEACHINGS WERE. FIRST PUT IN WRITTEN FORM, ON PALM 
LEAVES, IN THE FIRST CENTURY B. C. (SEF PAGE I45) 
