113992242-Dravidian-Settlements-in-Ceylon-and-the-Beginnings-of-the-Kingdom-of-Jaffna-By-Karthigesu-Indrapala-Complete-Phd-Thesis-University-of-London-1965

About ten Siva Dv1es, five Viu temples and one
KI temple have come to light in Polonnaruva Of these, iva
Dvles Nos. II and V, and probably No. V1 belong to the period
of C]a rule. iva Dvle No.11 is the only aiva temple of this
period which has been completely preserved. It is considered
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to be an outstanding exampi. of the C
1a style of Dravidian
architecture All the three iva temples yield inscriptions of
this period. iva Dvle No.1 is in the Pçya style of architecture
and belongd to either the twelfth or the thirteenth century'
Almost all the other temples at Polonnaruva appear to belong to
the thirteenth century Of the Ca temples at Polonnaruva, the
name of iva Dvle No.11 alone is known from the inscriptions.
It was called Vava-mtvi-Dvaram, after the chief queen of
Rjarja I. A nu*ber of bronze images, representing aiva saints
and deities, were discovered in these temples. Some of them
have been acclaimed as masterpieces of Hindu sculpture
1. A. .C.A.L for 1902, pp.7-8 ;A$'C14ror 1908, pp. 3-10 ;
A.S.C.A.R. for 1909, p. 17; A. .C.A.R. for 193k, pp. 16-17.
2. A.S.C.A. . for 1911-12, p. Uk.
3. S.Paranavitana, Art and Architecture of Ceylon - Polonnaruva
Period, p. 31.
k. Ibid.
5. See infra, L1.j•
6. A.LCoomaraswamy, Bronzes from Ceylon, p. 9.