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Title: Stūpa: Kantaka Cētiya: Vāhalkada: lion stele
Creator: Bopearachchi, Osmund
Date Created and/or Issued: 2015
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: View from right side of the northern vāhalkada (probably added in the 6th-7th century CE) with a stele supporting a sculpted figure of a lion. The traditional three concentric berms of brick are on the base of the dome, which has a circumference of circa 426 feet.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs00897.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1031
Subject: Shrines (structures)
Sculpture
Time Period: 1st or 2nd century CE and later
Place: Mihintalē (Plateau of Mahinda)
Anurādhapura region
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15