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Title: Nālanda "Gedigē" shrine (image house) and stupa (ruins): mandapa (vestibule) of shrine: pillars
Creator: de Silva, Preethi
Date Created and/or Issued: 2012
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: The mandapa (vestibule) has two rows of square, ornamental pillars--four on each side--dividing the central nave and walls with sixteen pilasters. The sculpted pillars (with a height of 213 centimeters) with molded square bases and decorated shafts would have supported cross beams for a roof.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs01559.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1656
Subject: Pillars
Shrines (structures)
Time Period: Lacks historical evidence. Possibly 9th-10th century CE (date of an inscription)
Place: Nālanda Gedigē
Nālanda. Mātalē District. Near 48-kilometer post (considered to be at the central point of Sri Lanka).
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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