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Title: Stūpa in restoration
Creator: de Silva, Preethi
Date Created and/or Issued: 1999
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 largest stūpa and brick structure of the ancient world. It was also the third highest edifice of the ancient world. Original height: 400 feet (120 meters); diameter: 370 feet (112 meters). Today: height: circa 232 feet (70 meters); diameter: 367 feet (112 meters). Note that the large cavity at the base of the dome would have been the location of a vāhalkada (frontispiece), normally situated at the four cardinal points, but missing on this side.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs00691.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/823
Subject: Shrines (structures)
Time Period: Built in 3rd-4th century CE and thereafter
Place: Jetavana Monastery: Jetavana Stūpa
Anurādhapura
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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