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the tank on a rock over which the Horowapotana road passes, 

 but if it really existed it was completely destroyed when the 

 road was formed.* In 1888 some plain cut stones were used 

 for culverts. A small brass or gilt image of Buddha was 

 dug up in a garden at Vavuniya in 1886, and is now in the 

 Colombo Museum, f 



On the path to Tavasi-veli is a large carved altar stone. 



In Kilakkumulai North there are three ruined monas- 

 teries, one at Chemamadu, which had an important tank, one 

 at Malikai, and one at Palaimoddai. At Chemamadu, " beyond 

 the western end of the bund, at about one-eighth of a mile 

 to the west of the minor road, an ancient monastery existed, 

 at which a dagaba and several buildings were constructed. 

 The bricks of the dagaba are of two types, one of which dates 

 from the second or third century B.C. ; the other belongs to 

 perhaps the tenth century A.D., and indicates the restoration 

 of the structure by some Sinhalese monarch at that period, 

 after it had been rifled during the previous Tamil usurpa- 

 tion.":]: 



At Malikai the small pilima-ge of the monastery has been 

 turned into a Pillaiyar temple, with the head of the Buddha 

 image serving as Pillaiyar. The entrance steps with the usual 

 balustrade on each side are easily detected, though one 

 balustrade is broken and the other buried. This village, it 

 may be noted, has apparently retained its Sinhalese name 

 (Malikai = mdligdwa). 



At Palaimodda, near the tank, is a ruined vihare and a 

 stone figure of Buddha about 2^ ft. high seated on a cobra ; 

 also a shallow bowl cut in a large stone, and the usual broken 

 stone pillars and scattered bricks. The head of the image 

 has been recently broken off. The Tamils call the site the 

 "Treasure place " {Putaiyalpuddi).\ 



* Sessional Papers, 1886, p. 180. 



f Diary of March 17, 1886. 



X Sessional Papers, 1886, p, 440. 



§ Diaries of June 6, 1889, and July 4, 1892. 



