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Title
Daladā Maluva: Atadāgē: Ornate Pillar
Creator
Bopearachchi, Osmund
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
Granite pillar with a decorated capital and also is heavily ornamented with figures bas-relief (including an amorous couple) encircled by foliate scrolls that are issuing from a vase or pot held up by a dwarf.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
acs01119.JPG
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1224
Subject
Bas-relief
Pillars
Time Period
12th century CE
Place
Daladā Maluva: Atadāgē
Polonnaruva
Sri Lanka
Relation
Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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