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Stone seat inscription: Arts and Sports recreation Pavilion of King Nissankamalla (1187-1196 AD)

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Title: Stone seat inscription: Arts and Sports recreation Pavilion of King Nissankamalla (1187-1196 AD)
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: Stone seat inscription of the Arts and Sports recreation Pavilion of King Nissankamalla: "The inscription mentions that the king Nissankamalla secured Sri Lanka and describes about [sic] the victories he gained at the wars with India. It also mentions the various donations to the people, renovations of temples and the economic developments achieved. The seat with this inscription was used by him to watch sports and recreational events."
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs01241.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1325
Subject: Inscriptions
Time Period: 12th century CE
Place: Council Chamber and Audience Hall complex of King Nissankamalla (1187-1196 AD)
Polonnaruva
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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