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Title: Temple gateway: elephant (tusker)sculpture: sculptured stone panel
Creator: de Silva, Preethi
Date Created and/or Issued: 1995
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: The monumental gateway to the Sacred Temple of the Tooth Relic is flanked by two large sculptured stone panels dominated by the figure in high relief of an elegantly caparisoned elephant (tusker) with a rider in simple attire.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs01545.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1644
Subject: Sculpture
Temples
Time Period: 1801-1812 CE
Place: Palace complex
Kandy
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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