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Title
Moonstone
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
Only the outermost semi-circle of this granite moonstone is decorated with depictions in low relief of six animals, including an elephant, a horse, a lion, a ram and a bull. It has a diameter of circa 1.200 meters. The moonstone is placed in front of the cave temple with two balustrades with purnaghata.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
acs00123.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/222
Subject
Moonstones (Early to late Anurādhapura Period)
Time Period
Unknown
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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