ts, and secondarily to support festoons of lamps suspended on great occasions. At the wafa-da-gé shrines, according to Mr. Bell, the pillars were intended to ‘hold up a roof to shelter the small s¢#pa and worshippers at the shrine ’.! The forms of shaft and capital, differing widely from Indian… … Fic. 24. Photo. A. 287, A. S., Ceylon. Fic. 25. Photo. A. 288, A. S., Ceylon. Capitals at Abhayagiri Vihare, Anuradhapura. age and evolution of the various types. Mr. Parker supposes the Thiparama columns to date from the period between 100 B.c. and 100 A. D.? _ This necessarily slight notice of…
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