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Title
Medicinal boat
Creator
Bopearachchi, Osmund
Date Created and/or Issued
2007
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
Vatadāgē area ruins with a "medicinal bath or boat" (beheth oruva). It is hollowed out to accommodate the human body.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
acs00973.JPG
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1076
Subject
Hospitals
Ruins
Time Period
Since circa 2nd century CE until the end of the 12th century CE
Place
Mädirigiriya (earlier the ancient Mandalagiri vihāra)
Polonnaruva area (near Hingurakgoda, 14 miles north of Minneriya)
Sri Lanka
Relation
Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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