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 240 BUDDHIST ARCHITECTURE. BOOK I. purposes. They were all raised on platforms or stylobates, and approached by one or more flights of steps, of a highly 134. Vihara with Steps west of Ruwanveli Dagaba. (From a Photograph.) 135. Moonstone at Foot of Steps leading to the Platform of the Bo-tree, Anuradhapura. (From a Photograph.) ornamental character. One of these, leading to a group of pillars attached to the Ruwanveli dagaba, will convey some idea of their general character (Woodcut No. 134). At the foot of a flight of steps is a richly carved semicircular stone