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were standing, half of them not in the least out of perpendi- 

 cular. In the midst of the pillars was a recumbent figure of 

 Buddha half buried, and with the head missing.* The figure 

 was about 7 ft. long, both forearms were broken off, but the 

 right one was found, minus the hand. 



About fifteen yards from this temple, and (as well as I 

 could make out) south-east of it, is a smaller temple, with 

 only three pillars standing, two of which are broken. But 

 I noticed the tops of two doratupdla stones just appearing 

 above the ground, and also the outline of one of the makara 

 torana stones ; and on digging I found that the former had 

 figures of guardian goddesses exactly like those at Madu- 

 kandu and Kuruntankulam. 



The steps are no doubt intact under the surface. This is 

 evidently the entrance to the small temple. This temple has 

 a fourth and smaller pillar, with rounded edges, lying on the 

 ground. 



Another fifteen yards from this is a third temple, near a 

 large black rock with three sides perpendicular, the fourth 

 shelving over and forming a cave temple, which, when I 

 visited it, bore evidence of recent occupation by bears. 



The pillars of this third temple are of the same height as 

 those of the first, but most of them are larger. They are 

 not square, but rectangular, some being \\ ft. by 1 ft. by 9 in. 



In front of the poya-ge there is a stone about 1 ft. square 

 with a lotus cut on the top. On digging in the neighbour- 

 hood a second stone of the same pattern was found, but not 

 in the proper position. These two stones apparently flanked 

 an entrance gate or flight of steps ;f near them was a flat 

 «tone roughly hollowed out, probably used to wash flowers 

 in before presenting them at the temple. 



There is another large gently-sloping rock forming the 

 summit of the hill, with a flight of stone steps in two stages 



* I found the head in the village compound, to which it had been 

 removed by a villager. 



f These stones are now in the Assistant Government Agent's compound 

 at Vavuniya. 



