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 CHAP. VIII. ANURADHAPURA. 233 the same age. On the other stele in this tope (Woodcut No. 129) we recognise the shield, the Swastika, the Triratna, and other Buddhist emblems with which we are already familiar. 1 129. Stelae at the east end of the north chapel, Abhayagiri Dagaba. ( From a Photograph . ) All this is architecturally so unlike anything we find of the same age on the continent of India, while its sculptured details are so nearly identical, that, when we come to know more about it, these differences and similarities may lead to most important inferences ; but we must at present wait for the requisite information to enable us to see the bearing of these peculiarities. Besides these four large buildings there are two smaller ones, known as the Thuparama and Lankarama, very similar to one another in size and arrangement. The first named is represented in Woodcut No. 130. The dagaba itself, though small, was originally of a singularly elegant bell-shaped outline. 2 As it 1 For photographic illustrations of the stelse, at each of the chapels of this dagaba. Smither's 'Anuradhapura,' plates 41-43. 2 Since the drawing was made from which this cut is taken, it was thoroughly repaired in 1842, and made as unlike what it was as can well be conceived. Smither's 'Anuradhapura,' plates 2-8.