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Title
"Mausoleum"
Creator
Bopearachchi, Osmund
Date Created and/or Issued
2005
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
White edifice also called the "mausoleum" of King Nissankamalla. Traces of the original plaster and paint are visible. There are no windows in this edifice, which has led to the belief that it may have been a "mausoleum."
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
acs01249.JPG
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1341
Subject
Structures
Time Period
12th century CE
Place
"Mausoleum" of King Nissankamalla (1187-1196 AD)
Polonnaruva
Sri Lanka
Relation
Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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