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17. Small bronze bell. This is a gejja, or tinkling bell, worn by 
bulls and dancers. 
23. Broken instrument of bronze. 
39. Nameless fragments. 
Anuradhapura Bronzes, 
The tenth century a.d. may be accepted as a crucial date for the 
bronzes which have been unearthed at Anuradhapura. Some of 
them attain to a high degree of artistic excellence, others to an 
equally high degree of technical finish. 
Nos. 57 to 63 are from Pankuliya :— 
57. Bronze basin, 11 in. across, 3J in. deep. 
58. Bronze basin, 9J by 3J in. 
59. Octagonal bronze dish, about 4J by 1J in. 
60. Bronze ring, 3J in. diameter. 
61. Bronze tripod, 2\ in. high, 2| in. across, one leg broken off . 
62 and 63. Pair of bronze feet, 3 in. long, broken off at the 
ankle, where an iron core shows ; excellently modelled.* 
Nos. 69 to 76 are from Vijayarama :—“ Below the floor of each 
of the four porches [of the Vijayarama Monastery] was found a 
brick-built cella , a cube 1 ft. 6 in., containing a bronze figure of a 
double-faced god, an animal, and three small clay saucer lamps. 
The east porch held an elephant, the south a horse, the north a lion, 
the west a bull. The figures probably represent the Satara varan - 
deviyo, or Four Guardian Gods ” (H. C. P. Bell, Annual Report, 
1891, Sessional Paper XXXVI., 1904, page 4). These remarkable 
bronzes are illustrated on Plates XXII to XXVI of Mr. Bell’s 
Sixth Progress Report (Sessional Paper XII., 1896), where the names 
of the respective demi-gods are given in the above order as Dhri- 
tarashtra, Virudha, Vaisrawana, and Virupaksha, who, according 
to Buddhist legend, were appointed by Indra to watch, on the 
Yugandhra rocks, the four quarters of Maha Meru, against the 
Asuras. The attendant animals are from 3 to 3J in. high, the 
gods about 6| in. 
Nos. 77 to 80 are from the summit of Mirisvetiya Dagoba. They 
represent guardian demi-gods, about 3 in. high, all broken ; one of 
them, with head missing, carries a fish, another has the hands 
clasped to the breast. 
* These well-formed bronze feet from Pankuliya Vihare were found in 1891, 
and figured on Plate XVII. of Mr. Bell’s Seventh Progress Report, Sessional 
Paper XIII., 1896. “ In each the great toe is turned upward, and the-others 
bent down a little. The feet are broken off at the ankle, on which are shown 
anklets of tinkling bells.” (Bell, loc. cit., p. 7.) 
