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Title
Royal Bath: Changing room: Steps: Makara Gargoyles
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 Royal Bath, with steps and two of the five makara-shaped gargoyle spouts for supplying the pond with water from a nearby moat.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
acs01204.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1273
Subject
Makara
Stairs
Ponds
Gargoyles
Time Period
12th century CE
Place
King Parākramabāhu the Great's Royal Bath
Polonnaruva
Sri Lanka
Relation
Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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