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Rankoth Vehera (Golden Pinnacled Stupa), originally named Ruvanvēliseya (Golden Sand) stupa: Vāhalkada: Image houses

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Title: Rankoth Vehera (Golden Pinnacled Stupa), originally named Ruvanvēliseya (Golden Sand) stupa: Vāhalkada: Image houses
Creator: Bopearachchi, Osmund
Date Created and/or Issued: 2005
Publication Information: Claremont Colleges Library
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Ancient Cultural Sites and Royal Residences
Rights Information: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Description: Close-up view of the massive stupa with one of the four vāhalkadas, (presently approximately 22 feet in height) flanked by two image houses at its base.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs01320.JPG
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1431
Subject: Shrines (structures)
Time Period: 12th century CE
Place: Rankoth Vehera
Polonnaruva
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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