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Title: Image house (Pichchamal vihāraya): Standing Buddha statues
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: Approach to the Pichchamal (i.e., Jasmine) vihāraya near the Vatadāgē. It is an image house with Buddha statues in background. Two moonstones and steps are in foreground; the one closest to the image house has two plain guardstones on either side of the steps.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs00967.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1072
Subject: Moonstones (Early to late Anurādhapura Period)
Buddha
Statues
Time Period: Since circa 2nd century CE until the end of the 12th century CE
Place: Mädirigiriya (earlier the ancient Mandalagiri vihāra)
Polonnaruva area (near Hingurakgoda, 14 miles north of Minneriya)
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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