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Title: Vatadāgē: Octagonal pillars
Creator: Bopearachchi, Osmund
Date Created and/or Issued: 2007
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: Octagonal pillars with ornate capitals which would have supported a wooden roof. The outer of the three circles of pillars is fused with the "Buddhist railing." A brick wall separated the outer circle from the middle row of the pillars. There were 16 pillars in the innermost and 32 in the outermost row. The heights varied between 16.7 (innermost) and 10 feet (outermost).
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs00977.JPG
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1078
Subject: Pillars
Time Period: Since circa 2nd century CE until the end of the 12th century CE
Place: Mädirigiriya (earlier the ancient Mandalagiri vihāra)
Polonnaruva area (near Hingurakgoda, 14 miles north of Minneriya)
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15