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Title
Vāhalkada: Stele
Creator
de Silva, Preethi
Date Created and/or Issued
2016
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 taller of the two stele at left has a kalpavrsha (Tree of the World period) issuing from a vase of abundance. The pairs of figures in ascending order are of elephants, bulls, yaksha or human figures, lions and horses. Three figures of lions are also in the panel below the vase. A smaller panel below has three lions in bas-relief. The panel in the broken stele at left has a dwarf figure carrying a flower tray. The top end with a longer panel is missing and would have had a divine male figure in bas-relief immediately above it.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
acs00458.JPG
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/551
Subject
Stele (Archaeology)
Time Period
In the 1st century BCE and restored many times through the 12th century CE
Place
Abhayagiri Monastery: Abhayagiri Stūpa
Anurādhapura
Sri Lanka
Relation
Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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