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Upulvan Shrine at Devinuvara PDF
Upulvan Shrine at Devinuvara PDF
By
S. PaneNevIrANA, Ph. D.
Archaeological C owmissi an e r
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33, I{. Pannatissa Thcra, }3orella 1945 (Revised Ed.)
thi.toritsa
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iiesing[g'5 translationl Clr. XC, v.
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I'.tntlir \\'. R. 9.1.
\\'ijri ru.arrihana.s cdir ion (Panaclura, ri.;z-5) r,.
iVor-. \XXVIIl .fr cr. 106--1948 LpI]I-v-\N sERl\E r\T rlEViNll\:ARA 41
lOI]RNAI- 11..\.S. (Cr'vlox)
,,hrine, {or an architectural stucly of the Galg ieacls to the conclusiou
irtsutttt'tl tu lttvl occuf icd tlte same
llrr' \'isnu tlivale is 'ucce:sor' is al-o tlrat i.hr r]rritte ol t'pultan antl tlle ihat the building is clatcable to the Tth rtr Sth ccntury"
.itc. 'Ihc snririi(,rs fJ"tr- ?
".l'A"tUttfi'ii"tt institutioirs' trn the course of conservation rvorl< eviclence w.IS loultcl that the shrine
uihara of l)evi-nuva'ft*t"'tt"t l;ad bi:en reconstructecl at a date subsequent to its original foundation"
boelr a 'uh'i'lierv lartc rvitjrirt
tlre
. L'nulvatr'::hritt,'r'uulr'l ttot lravc Xuit-l' tl(irrq's House) '
'itr-,e Culaitantsa'7 and Pfi.ia"taliya'\ recorcl that the r-rriginal Upulvan shrine'
,,r(:cinct- oI tlrc uif'liJ"'Be"i'rg icf"rrcd .to "' .,,,:Ls in a dilapidatecl condition in the reign of Parikramabahu II and that
in thc citv as a parace clicl at a
musr, have occupie,i"fu."r;;: ffii;l i**r'ui of buiidings rvhicn' rr ir,as rebuilt froln thg foundation at the behest o{ t}iat king.
Floval Seat. rt -o't T;;;";;;ii'"ti a oi the gorl, -suclr a's. nautch ' t,4 detLtiletl stucl.t o;f the GalgE (rild
'j'ciudecl those set iJir-ri.ttar-tts
'n.'"" i-r""rr'io*,",f,
a_f ll'te cz:itlence ;t'or itlettti-fyiil,g tke
eoul,l"i"ri'i".-tl* ir', a cor',,',' of tlre tsu'ldhist i,r,Lltu,ntcn,t u;ith thefi'pulz'ntt sh,ritte'ttill lte exhattsli,t.:ely sel out in an' Archaeo-
:i,lr. l.'c-c "ili is not morc thi-n roo [t' 2ical Sqrt'ey fititlicatirtn u'hiclt is ulrdev pleptration).
p1lflrrtPrV. lr'" tr't"'i'oii'.lf i""nt'..tent 'lorale 1o lr"[icr'9 tfat the
it,i.-ituo'*iblc
lrorrr the base ol 'r'"''lii!lr'"'.o""1 ..figl.ulu""-i"iii'i'*""i'' lnm'tu'it
it.rrrrcl .lrrirre. ot r,., iridip,''r,1,.'rt
i;"";" l.ierr locatc'l close to cach otlter'
rrrcornpaliblc in tr'n'*i"i' :;;l;l rvas actually o11 1l1ii *p'rt'
'f'cre is ,'"ti,t
'fhe conclusio'-' i' i"""'toile tltat thrj old Llpulvan shrine was not'
"uitt"}"t'J'ir ^i"trt"'Ja,".rn11"
irl"#,i"t"ilil itt" Viut-to dcvale nor'v stantls'
frorn Poltuguc:e Sotlrcci that thc
E,r'itlcncc rvhiclr may bc a'lrlucctl
;'frin an .hri,'" o"ufi'"'r"ir'"''ii..,"1 l::,'i'1';il :it5;f 1fl';''IflX, "in1
ltti tliruose,"] ot. De Qucvroz's t-elerencc"
yrii';;"r;;-io tru* been built on rhe site of the
i,ortuguese beiievccl nut' i"itnn"t personal observatioir
,,r-,pulvan shrine. Lr""a;;y.-;;;; 'l'lrere is no cvidc:tce
,lcstructiorr.
,',1 ncarly a cenruri lii.i a" S"rla'. the.existence of shrines three
ihat the Portuguesl t;;;;';;" "f ;1 Devinuvara was the -of
Upulvan
t,iifferent cuits. Th""ii";i;J1;;^;";;t;to tatte tttat everv shrine the!
:hrine and it ;"i;;;i"i;t thern connected with Upulvan'
u,as
tlestroyed, in their ;Ci;;"ty zeal'
rvas