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Title: Votive Stūpa
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: This is a votive stūpa in stone and on a square-shaped stone pedestal with seven sculpted stone heads of animals (not elephants) on each side. It depicts the original shape of the present stūpa. Reference is made to it in the King Nissankamalla's Galpota (Stone book) inscription in Polonnaruva. Height: about 4 feet 2.5 inches.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs00348.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/438
Subject: Sculpture
Shrines (structures)
Time Period: 12th century
Place: Mahāvihāra (The "great" monastery): Ruvanvälisǟya Dāgäbe (Mahāthūpa)
Anurādhapura
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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