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Title
Kudā Gal Vihāra ("lesser rock-hewn temple"): cave shrine: seated Buddha statues
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
Close-up of the seated Buddha statue in meditative posture at the extreme left side in the row of four extant statues carved out of the rock. Some remaining original plaster painted in white indicates that the other statues.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
acs01484.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1582
Subject
Buddha
Statues
Shrines (structures)
Caves
Time Period
Unknown
Place
Kudā Gal Vihāra
Polonnaruva
Sri Lanka
Relation
Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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