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7. His Lordship the Bishop said the idea must now 

 be abandoned that the ancient Sir ivaddhanapur a is the pre- 

 sent Kandy. As to the exact identity of Sirivadclhanapura, 

 that had yet to be determined, as Mr, Pohath had told them 

 that evening. As far as they had arrived, the evidence was 

 quite plain that Naribambara was the birthplace of Pandita 

 Parakrama Bahu II., and that Sirivaddhanapura was not 

 Kandy. 



8. The LORD Bishop resumed the Chair. 



9. Mr. G. A. Joseph, Assistant Secretary, read the 

 following Paper : — 



RITIGALA.* 



By J. B. M. Redout. 

 On March 26 last, on my way down from Ritigala trigono- 

 metrical station (where I had been taking observations), I 

 spent a couple of hours wandering over the ruins at the foot 

 of the hill, and noted down a few particulars regarding those 

 I saw. 



Descending the path the first ruins noticeable are two 

 double buildings alongside the path, lying one above the 

 other, called by the villagers " mdiigdwas." They are each- 

 formed of two sixteen-pillar buildings, lying east and west 

 of one another, and connected by a raised pavement made of 

 a single slab of stone, from which steps descend on the- 

 southern side. They are built of square stones, which are 

 very carefully jointed, as shown in fig. 1. 



From the lower of these mdiigdwas there rims the stone 

 causeway, five feet wide, mentioned by Mr. D. G. Mantell 

 in his report,! which is about 260 yards long, and descends the 

 hill to some ruins below. At about 100 yards from the top 

 there are the remains of a doorway or porch. In two or 

 three places, where the slope of the hill is steep, there are 

 about half a dozen steps, with stone balustrades on each side.. 



* For other printed Papers on Ritigala see "A Visit to Ritigala in the 

 North-Central Province," by A. P. G-reen ; "Note on the Botany of Ritigala." 

 by Dr. Trimen ; " Etymological and Historical Notes on Ritigala," by 

 D". M. de Z.Wickremasinghe, in Journal No. 39, vol. XL, 1889.— B., Hon. Sec\ 



f Appended to this Paper — B., Hon. Sec. 



