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Title: Murals in the Cobrahood Rock Shelter
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: Murals with intricate geometrical designs and volute and whorl motifs in multi colors in a rock shelter known as the Cobrahood Cave.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs01643.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1744
Subject: Caves
Mural painting and decoration
Time Period: 5th century CE and later
Place: Sigiriya Rock: Palace and Gardens
Sigiriya/Matale District
Source: Bandaranayake, Senaka. Sigiriya: City-Palace- Gardens-Monasteries- Paintings. Colombo: Central Cultural Fund, 2005.
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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