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Title
Moonstone
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
Moonstone (in disrepair) at the base of the first flight of stairs. It has four concentric semi-circular bands with the outer one with the so-called flame motif; the next displaying the four animals: elephant horse, lion, and bull, repeated three times; and the following band, comprising the traditional creeper motif and one with lotus petals surrounding the central lotus motif.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
acs00129.JPG
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/182
Subject
Moonstones (Early to late Anurādhapura Period)
Stairs
Time Period
3rd century BCE
Place
Isurumuniya, rock temple (Meghagiri Vihāre). (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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