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Title
Refectory (Dāna śālāwa: almshouse: food trough
Creator
de Silva, Preethi
Date Created and/or Issued
1999
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
One of the two large stone troughs for rice and gruel in the Alms Hall for resident monks. View from opposite end. Similar troughs are also found in the monasteries at Anurādhapura.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
acs00847.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/948
Subject
Almshouses
Time Period
Unknown
Place
Mihintalē (Plateau of Mahinda)
Anurādhapura region
Sri Lanka
Relation
Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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