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In Sri Lankan architecture a Maha Gabadava ("Royal Storehouse") is a type of large granary in the form of a separate building from the main compound. In the Kandyan period the Sinhalese kings would send daily provisions from the Maha Gabadava to the two main monastic orders, the Malwathu Maha Viharaya and Asgiri Maha Viharaya. This was continued after the fall of the Kingdom of Kandy.

References

Citations

1. Coomaraswamy 2011, p. 202.
2. Malalgoda 1976, p. 116.

Bibliography

• Coomaraswamy, Ananda (2011). Mediaeval Sinhalese art: being a monograph on mediaeval Sinhalese arts and crafts, mainly as surviving in the eighteenth century, with an account of the structure of society and the status of the craftsmen (Third ed.). Dehiwala: Tisara Prakasakayao. ISBN 9789555641258.
• Malalgoda, Kitsiri (1976). Buddhism in Sinhalese society, 1750-1900 : a study of religious revival and change. California: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520028739.

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