Carvings in granite, Yapahuwa, Sri Lanka.

Female dancer with musicians.

Acrobats with dancers.

Dancers.

Female dancer with cymbal player and drummer.

The female dancers were shown with large breasts, wide hips and narrow waists. These have been the ideals of a female form for millenia in the South Asian region. This form is described in the literary traditions here.

The carvings in granite, Yapahuwa, Sri Lanka.

Damsels on either side of the stone stairway shows South Indian influence.

The damsel represented in the 'Tivanka' - three curves - posture.

The 'Chinese lion' guarding the stairway

'After the reign of Bhuvanekabahu I, a Pandyan warrior named Aya Chakravarti arrived and devastated the country plundering much wealth and treasure. Taking with him the Tooth and Bowl Relics from Yapahuwa, he handed them over to the Pandyan king Kulasekera. However, the next king, Parakramabahu III of Polonnaruwa went to the Pandyan capital and after friendly discussions, was able to bring the relics back and once again initiate the traditional rituals. 

There is a story by the famous traveler Marco Polo that the Chinese emperor Kublai Khan sent a messenger to King Parakramabahu III to obtain the tooth, hair and bowl relics. The King not wishing to offend the emperor was able to please him by sending two fake teeth which were in turn graciously received and established with ritual worship in China. It is not known where these fake teeth have ended up today. But wherever the real tooth traveled throughout the island of Lanka, a new palace was built to enshrine the relic and today it resides in the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy and is considered to be the most sacred of all buddhist relics and Lankan shrines. '

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