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Title
Sri Mahā Bodh shrine; Guardstone
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
Guardstone with Nagarāja at the left of the second flight of steps. The animal figure on the outer side resembles a lion rather than the often encountered bull, Nandi.
Type
image
Format
image/tiff
Identifier
acs00245.TIF
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/335
Subject
Shrines (structures)
Nāgarāja
Sculpture
Time Period
In 3rd c. BCE and later
Place
Mahāvihāra (The "great" monastery): Sri Mahā Bodhi
Anurādhapura
Sri Lanka
Relation
Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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