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Title: Baddhasīmā Pāsāda (Chapter House): Ālāhana Parivena Monastic Complex
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: Built on the highest platform of the Ālāhana Parivena complex, a monastery associated with a cremation ground. The "sima" are boundary walls. According to The Chronical, the Mahāvamsa, the Pāsāda had 12 storeys and also turrets. It is accessed via two terraces. It has four entrances.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs01433.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1545
Subject: Monasteries
Time Period: 12th century CE
Place: Ālāhana Parivena Monastic Complex: Baddhasīmā Pāsāda
Polonnaruva
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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