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Title: Stūpa superstructure
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: Superstructure of the stūpa, in ascending order: the solid cube, cylindrical shaft, a spiral spire, and the gilded pinnacle. The dome below the superstructure displays leaves of the Bodhi-tree in very low relief.
Type: image
Format: image/tiff
Identifier: acs00218.TIF
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/303
Subject: Shrines (structures)
Time Period: Circa 89-77 BCE
Place: Lankārāma
Anurādhapura
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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