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Title
Gal Vihāra complex: Seated Buddha figure: Statues carved in rock: Standing and recumbent Buddha statues
Creator
de Silva, Preethi
Date Created and/or Issued
2016
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
At the eastern end of the Gal Vihāra complex are two statues: the standing Buddha at left and the recumbent Buddha at right. The remains of the brick foundations of their image houses are in the foreground.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
acs01012.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1138
Subject
Buddha
Statues
Time Period
12th century CE
Place
Gal Vihāra (Temple of stone): Uttarārāmā
Polonnaruva
Sri Lanka
Relation
Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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