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practice of later times we see that Tamil or South Indian artisans
were engaged for the building of Dravidian-style structures in
the island. Inscriptions of the reign èf Bhuvanekabhu IV (l3kl-].351)
declare that the Lktilaka and Gaa]1dei shrines near Gampola,
the two well-known Dravidian-style temples of the fourteenth
century, were the creations of Sthapatiryara and Gaevarcrya
respectively The names of these architects clearly suggest that
they were of South Indian origin. It is, therefore, probable
that South Indian craftsnien were invited to Ceylon to build the
Zaiva-Vaiava temples of the Ca period, although it is not
impossible that local cra!tsmen were also engaged to do this
work.
There is also a controversy regarding the sculptors
who were responsible for casting the many Saiva and Vaiaa
bronzes that have been discovered in the C
1a temples at Polonnaruva.
Godakunibure claims that these bronzes have certain 'distinctive
features' which mark them as products of Sinhalese sculptors,
but fails to explain what these distinctive features are Bell's
opinion is that they were 'doubtless cast in India' Paranavitana
1. U.C.H.C., I, pt. 2, p. 782 ; U.C.R., XVIII, Nos.l&2, p . 11.
2. C.E.Godakumbure, 2•
cit., pp. 2k3 ft.
3. A.S.C.A.R. for , p.