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Title: Iñdikatu Seya (Stūpa of the Needle) monastery complex
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: Close up of steps and guardstones sculptured nāgarājas and a moonstone at the entrance to an edifice in the complex. It is influenced by Mahayana Buddhist traditions.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs00304.JPG
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/395
Subject: Monasteries
Moonstones (Early to late Anurādhapura Period)
Nāgarāja
Entrances
Time Period: During 9th-10th century CE, but a part of the vast monastic complex, built over several centuries, that is considered "The Cradle of Buddhism" in Sri Lanka. Mihintale is where Buddhism was introduced to King Devānampiya Tissa (regency 250-210 BCE) by Arahat Mahinda, son of the Emperor Aśoka of India
Place: Mihintalē (Plateau of Mahinda) : Iñdikatu Seya
Anurādhapura
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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