Image / Monastic Residential complex, Pañcakāvāsa: So-called "Mahāsen's pavilion," Moonstone or sandakadapahana

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Title: Monastic Residential complex, Pañcakāvāsa: So-called "Mahāsen's pavilion," Moonstone or sandakadapahana
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: Close-up of the famous Moonstone at the image house known as "King Mahasen's Pavilion," but is the central structure in a Pañcakāvāsa monastic residential complex comprising five main buildings.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs00607.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/638
Subject: Moonstones (Early to late Anurādhapura Period)
Time Period: Circa 6th-8th century CE
Place: Abhayagiri Monastery
Anurādhapura
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15