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Title: Image House (Pilimagē)
Creator: Bopearachchi, Osmund
Date Created and/or Issued: 2002
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: "This was probably a vaulted image house with a colossal Buddha statue in brick masonry and stucco. Only a pedestal and giant stone reliquary are found today." Doorjambs over 27 feet (8 meters) high. It is situated to the west of the stupa.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs00763.JPG
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/874
Subject: Shrines (structures)
Doorjambs
Time Period: 8th-9th century CE
Place: Jetavana Monastery
Anurādhapura
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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