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Title
Rankoth Vehera (Golden Pinnacled Stupa), originally named Ruvanvēliseya (Golden Sand) stupa: Elongated image house
Creator
Bopearachchi, Osmund
Date Created and/or Issued
2015
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
Side view of the elongated image house, with decorated capitals pillars, for a massive statue of a recumbent Buddha figure in brick.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
acs01330.JPG
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1438
Subject
Shrines (structures)
Pillars
Statues
Time Period
12th century CE
Place
Rankoth Vehera
Polonnaruva
Sri Lanka
Relation
Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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