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Title
Vessagiriya
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
Remains of buildings, pillars and multiple flights of stairs and landings ascending to other structures at the top, which would have included a stūpa and two circular buildings.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
acs00676.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/780
Subject
Shrines (structures)
Ruins
Time Period
Founded in 3rd century BCE
Place
Vessagiriya monasteries
Anurādhapura area (Kurunegala Road)
Sri Lanka
Relation
Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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