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Title
Standing Buddha statue
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
Unfinished statue. Detail of right hand holding pleated robe at shoulder.
Type
image
Format
image/tiff
Identifier
acs00031.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/380
Subject
Statues
Buddha
Time Period
Possibly contemporary with or earlier than the Avukana statue, circa 7th or 8th century CE. Inscriptions from 2nd century BCE
Place
Sässēruwa (Räs vehera)
North Central province, 11 km west of Avukana (location of famous Buddha statue).
Sri Lanka
Relation
Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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