Image / Kaludiya Pokuna (Black Water Pool): Stūpa

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Title: Kaludiya Pokuna (Black Water Pool): Stūpa
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: The base (with three concentric berms) of the dome of a stūpa located on a high platform at the edge of the pool. Retaining walls and steps are integrated with the rock at the lower level.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs00947.JPG
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1052
Subject: Shrines (structures)
Ponds
Time Period: 8th-10th 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