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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: Entrance to the shrine with the lower steps with 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: acs01554.JPG
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1658
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