Ceylon And the Cingalese Their History Government And Religion the Antiquit
Ceylon And the Cingalese Their History Government And Religion the Antiquit
Henry Charles Sirr
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There still remain some beautiful carvings in stone on the walls of the palace, and in the Dalada Malagawa, which forms part of the building; and no delicate chiselling of Greece can surpass that which ornaments the stone framework of the doors. Upon the walls are carved numbers of elephants, suns, moons, and stars, which were the emblems and insignia of royalty. Near the palace and in the centre of an artificial lake, which was constructed by command of the last king, stands a small building i...n the Chinese style, which was used as a pleasure-house by the sovereign * We believe this assertion to be strictly correct. CEYLON AND THE CINGALESE. "275 and his queens ; this is now used as a powder maga- zine. The town of Kandy was planned by the adikars, under the superintendence of the same monarch ; its various streets run in parallel and transverse lines, one of them retains to the present day its original name of Malabar-street, which cognomen was bestowed upon it during the reign of Sri Wikrama, owing to the circumstance that the Malabar relatives and dependants of the monarch, were the exclusive inhabitants of this portion of the town.
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