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Nālanda "Gedigē" shrine (image house) and stupa (ruins): entrance with exterior porch and doorway

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Title: Nālanda "Gedigē" shrine (image house) and stupa (ruins): entrance with exterior porch and doorway
Creator: de Silva, Preethi
Date Created and/or Issued: 2012
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 structure comprises an entrance porch, vestibule (mandapa), and an interior sanctum or shrine room (garbhagraha). A plain moonstone and steps with Makara (dragon)-style balustrades with fluted tongues lead to the porch.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs01557.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1666
Subject: Shrines (structures)
Moonstones
Makara
Sculpture
Entrances
Time Period: Lacks historical evidence. Possibly 9th-10th century CE (date of an inscription)
Place: Nālanda Gedigē
Nālanda. Mātalē District. Near 48-kilometer post (considered to be at the central point of Sri Lanka).
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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