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Title: Monastic Residential complex, Pañcakāvāsa: "Mahasen's pavilion," Moonstone: Steps with dwarf figures
Creator: de Silva, Preethi
Date Created and/or Issued: 2016
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: A view of the short flight of stone steps and the landing at the top behind the famous moonstone at the image house of the Pañcakāvāsa monastic residential complex earlier called "Mahasen's Pavilion." The risers (vertical bands) separating the steps display figures of dwarfs with lotus motifs and others in relief.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs00611.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/683
Subject: Sculpture
Time Period: Circa 6th-8th century CE
Place: Abhayagiri Monastery
Anurādhapura
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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