Note 1 — Chapter I
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: The inscription engraven on the rock at Mihintala, amongst other regulations for enforcing the observance by the temple tenants of the conditions on which their lands were held, declares that "if a fault be committed by any of the cultivators; the adequate fine shall be assessed according to usage; or in lieu thereof, the delinquent shall be directed to work at the lake in making an excavation not exceeding sixteen cubits in circumference and one cubit deep."— TURNOUR'S Epitome, &c., Appendix, p. 87.
2: Mahawanso, ch. xxv. p. 149.