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Title: Isurumuniya, rock temple: Entrance arch: makara torana: Gajalakshmi
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: Doorway with a makara torana supported by pillars in bas-relief and with the figure of the goddess Gajalakshmi and elephants with raised trunks lustrating her with water.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs00743.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/853
Subject: Bas-relief
Makara
Time Period: Unknown
Place: Isurumuniya (Kurunegala Road)
Anurādhapura
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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