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Title: Stūpa: Kantaka Cētiya: Eastern Vāhalkada
Creator: Bopearachchi, Osmund
Date Created and/or Issued: 2005
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: Side view of a stele of the eastern vāhalkada crowned by a sculpted elephant on its haunches. A bodhisattva figure in stone is found in a niche above.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs00922.JPG
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1020
Subject: Stele (Archaeology)
Sculpture
Bas-relief
Time Period: 1st or 2nd century CE
Place: Mihintalē (Plateau of Mahinda)
Anurādhapura region
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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