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Title: Moat surrounding the palace complex: Octagon: wave-like wall
Creator: Bopearachchi, Osmund
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: Moat surrounding the palace complex is from the early 19th century. The Octagon is in the center, at rear. The surrounding wall at right is in a wave or cloud shape, which is also encountered at other sacred sites. Some associate the shape with religious symbolism.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs01537
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1640
Subject: Moats
Palaces
Walls
Time Period: Early 19th century CE
Place: Palace and Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic (Daladā Māligāwa)
Kandy
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15