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Title
Sri Mahā Bodhi shrine: Guardstones: Moonstones: Balustrades
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
The first of three flights of steps to the three levels of the site at the northern entrance to the inner courtyard. They are decorated with the traditional decorative elements of a moonstone, guardstones and balustrades.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
acs00236.TIF
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/321
Subject
Shrines (structures)
Moonstones (Early to late Anurādhapura Period)
Time Period
3rd century BCE and later
Place
Mahāvihāra (The "great" monastery): Sri Mahā Bodhi
Anurādhapura
Sri Lanka
Relation
Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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