The buried cities of Ceylon; a guide book to Anuradhapura and Polonaruwa, with chapters on Dambulla, Kalavewa, Mihintale and Sigiri
A guide book to the ancient ruined cities of Ceylon, Anuradhapura and Polonaruwa, written by S. M. Burrows and published in Colombo in 1905 for travellers and visitors to the sites. The three plates are photographic halftones of ruins, shown rotated on the page, with dagobas, excavated stone terraces and standing brick and stone pillars. A designer could take from them the massed, weathered geometry of stupas, stepped stone platforms and tall columns set against scrub and sky.
