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Title: Nālanda "Gedigē" shrine (image house): exterior
Creator: Bopearachchi, Osmund
Date Created and/or Issued: 2015
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: Detail of lower steps with an undecorated moonstone and flanked by makara balustrades. The sculptured upper steps are flanked by elephant heads (presumably in homage to the Lord Ganesha).
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs01553.JPG
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1668
Subject: Moonstones
Makara
Sculpture
Shrines (structures)
Time Period: Lacks historical evidence. Possibly 9th-10th century CE (date of an inscription)
Place: Nālanda Gedigē
Nālanda. Mātalē District. Near 48-kilometer post (considered to be at the central point of Sri Lanka).
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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