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Title: Gopala Pabbata (Herdman's Rock): Rock shelter
Creator: Bopearachchi, Osmund
Date Created and/or Issued: 2015
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: Rock area with caves that were used as human habitats, serving also as homes for forest dwelling monks. The roots of trees growing on the rocks hang over their edges.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs01479.JPG
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1580
Subject: Caves
Trees
Time Period: 1st-2nd century CE
Place: Gopāla Pabbata (Herdman's Rock)
Polonnaruva
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15