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Title: Signage number 100 Lotus pond (Jetavana monastery)
Creator: de Silva, Preethi
Date Created and/or Issued: 2016
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: The text of signage #100 reads: "The shape of the pond, built in the form of a full-blown lotus flower, gives it the name, Lotus Pond. This falls within the premises of the Jetavanarama (monastery) built by King Parākramabāhu the Great (1153-1186 AD), and according to Mahavamsa, eight such ponds have been built. Ruins of several such ponds have also been discovered during explorations within the limits of the monastery."
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs01045.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1139
Subject: Signs and signboards
Time Period: 12th century CE
Place: Lotus Pond (Jetavana monastery)
Polonnaruva
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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