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Title
Frontispiece, Vāhalkada or Ayaka
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
Edges of the right and left sides of a vāhalkada. The tall pillar depicts in bas-relief a floral design (kalpalatā--creeper of life or a world period). The stele beside it has at its base a vase and above it a design based on a more elaborate motif.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
acs00326.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/408
Subject
Vāhalkaḍa (Sri Lanka)
Time Period
Begun in 144 BCE (Vāhalkada added later)
Place
Mahāvihāra (The "great" monastery): Ruvanvälisǟya Dāgäbe (Mahāthūpa)
Anurādhapura
Sri Lanka
Relation
Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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