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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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