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Title: Kantaka Cētiya: Cave
Creator: Bopearachchi, Osmund
Date Created and/or Issued: 2009
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: Cave dwelling for a monk(s) near the Kantaka Cētiya. King Devānampiyatissa prepared 68 caves for monks headed by Arahat Mahinda near the Kantaka Cētiya. The Arahat spent many years in a cave, now named "Mihindu Guhava."
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs00895.JPG
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/953
Subject: Caves
Time Period: 3rd century BCE [?]
Place: Mihintalē (Plateau of Mahinda)
Anurādhapura region
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15