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Title: Vatadāge
Creator: Bopearachchi, Osmund
Date Created and/or Issued: 2007
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: Approach to the vatadāgē, built on a massive rock, with a stone doorway and flights of steps. The circular shrine is one of three impressive extant edifices built on this architectural plan.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs00951.JPG
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1084
Subject: Doorways
Shrines (structures)
Stairs
Time Period: Since circa 2nd century CE until the end of the 12th century CE
Place: Mädirigiriya (earlier the ancient Mandalagiri vihāra)
Polonnaruva area (near Hingurakgoda, 14 miles north of Minneriya)
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15