Author: Mitton, Geraldine Edith
Title: The Lost Cities of Ceylon
Description: London, John Murray, 1917. orig.cloth. 23x14cm, xvi,256,(26) p, A crack to front interior hinge.. 32p photoplates; folding map. Rubbed. Page-edges foxed. Some stains to binding edges. Good. ¶ Contents: Table of principal kings;The Wonder of the past; The Road through the jungle; The beautiful city of Anuradhapura; Lankarama district:A World of Monks; The two greatest dagabas; About and around; Pavilion, palace, or monastery?; Vijayarama - a jungle solitude; Two outlying monasteries; Mihintale, the sacred hill; Sigiriya: a palace on a rock; Polonnaruwa: the jungle city; The epic of Parakrama; Polonnaruwa: the citadel; A necklet of architecture; Sacred Shrines; A flower in stone; The beauty of the bund; YApahuwa: A fourteenth - century fortress.

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