CHAP. III.CHAP. V.CHAP. IV.
THE BUDDHIST MONUMENTS.
- Buddhist architecture introduced in Ceylon [344]
- The first dagobas built [345]
- Their mode of construction and vast dimensions [346]
- The earliest Buddhist temples [346]
- Images and statues a later innovation [347]
- First residences of the priesthood [347]
- The formation of monasteries and wiharas [348]
- The first wihara built [349]
- Form of the modern wiharas [349]
- Inconvenient numbers of the Buddhist priesthood [350]
- Originally fed by the kings and the people [350]
- Caste annulled in the case of priests [351]
- The priestly robe and its peculiarities [351]