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Title: Cobrahood Cave
Creator: de Silva, Preethi
Date Created and/or Issued: 1995
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: The upper half of the cobrahood cave, which is located in the Boulder Garden. Used as monastic dwelling.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs01641.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1720
Subject: Caves
Gardens
Time Period: 3rd BCE and in the 5th CE
Place: Sigiriya Rock: Palace and Gardens
Sigiriya/Matale District
Source: The source is Sihigiri-vitara (ca. 7th c. CE) cited on p. 126 in Paranavitana, Senerat. The Story of Sigiri. Colombo: Lake House, 1972
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15