Image / Council Chamber of King Nissankamalla (1187-1196 AD): The king's lion throne

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Title: Council Chamber of King Nissankamalla (1187-1196 AD): The king's lion throne
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: Side view king's lion throne in stone. Inscription under his belly informs the reader that it was the King's throne, "This is the mighty lion throne on which sat the glorious powerful king in whose arms is strength, the world emperor Kalinga Nissanka Lankesvara."
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs01230.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1355
Subject: Sculpture
Thrones
Time Period: 12th century CE
Place: Council Chamber 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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