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Title: Vatadāgē: Seated Buddha statue
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: Vatadāgē with the platform at the top of the flight of steps and two pots of plenty. One of the four seated Buddha statues at the cardinal points and the remains of the central stupa are in the background. Three concentric rows of pillars with ornamented capitals would have supported a roof over the stupa in the center.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs00954.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1077
Subject: Pillars
Stairs
Shrines (structures)
Statues
Buddha
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

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