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Title
Water pool: bathing pond
Creator
Bopearachchi, Osmund
Date Created and/or Issued
2014
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 pool of water for bathing is located opposite the western gate. Three flights of stairs are located in the middle of the right side. The lowest and highest of them have simple guardstones flanking them. Monks usually bathed on appointed dates.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
acs00387.JPG
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/481
Subject
Ponds
Time Period
Undated
Place
Mahāvihāra (The "great" monastery): Ruvanvälisǟya
Anurādhapura
Sri Lanka
Relation
Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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