No. 63—1910.] TANTRI-MALAI. 85 
Mr. Parker says of Tantri-malai :— " The bricks of the 
dagaba are 3*23 in. thick and 9*04 in. wide, Bt. (breadth x 
thickness) being 29*2, and the length either 18 in., making 
the contents 525 cubic inches, or, if it was six times the 
thickness, 19 -38 in., which would make the contents 565 cubic 
inches. In either case the size points to a time late in the 
second century, or early in the first century B.C."* 
At the dagaba I measured the ten most perfect bricks I 
could secure, with the result tabulated below. Where I have 
put " & + " it means that the brick was broken, i.e., 10 X 3 
X 8 & + means that the last measurement has an uncertain 
quantity greater than eight : — 
2| in. X 7i in. X 9J in. 
3-|- in. X 8J in. x lOJ in. & + 
li in. X 9J in. X 7 in. & + 
3 in. X 7i in. x 9f in. 
3J in. X 7i in. X 11 in. 
31 in. X 8i in. x 10 in. & + 
2| in. X 10| in. X 12| in. 
2| in. X 81 in. x 10 in. 
2J in. X 9 in. x 9i in. & + 
3 in. X 8J in. x lOJ in. 
. • . Bt. — 24*22, and average thickness 2*85. 
Further on, Mr. Parker writes: "Colossal, sitting, and 
reposing statues of Buddha cut out of the solid rock, at which 
the bricks are of pre-Christian date or the first century 
A.D.," &c. 
At the sedent Buddha a well-preserved wall enables one to 
measure a large number of bricks easily. Eight widths were 
9 in., 9 in., 9 in., 9 in., 9 J in., 10 J in., 11 in., 11 J in., averaging 
9*81 in. ; eight lengths were 5 J in., 5 J in., 6 in., 6 in., 6 in., 
6J in., 6J in., 6J in., averaging 6*06 in. 
The average thickness of 30 bricks was 2J in. Bt. thus 
is 15-15, and average cubic contents 148-62. On referring to 
Mr. Parker's Table of Measured Bricksf I find that their size 
would render these bricks liable to be included in those 
of 800-1350 A.D. 
There is no brickwork near the recumbent Buddha which 
yields such sure results, and I only succeeded in finding two 
fragments worth measuring : these were respectively 2 J in, 
* " Ancient Ceylon," pp. 244, 245. j Loc. cit., p. 673. 
