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Title
Main stairway: third stage
Creator
de Silva, Preethi
Date Created and/or Issued
1999
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 is one of three flights of stairs leading to the different edifices in the monastery complex, including the Ambastala plateau. See the first and widest one elsewhere, comprising 1,840 steps. Araliya (Plumeria) trees are found on both sides of the retaining walls.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
acs00843.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/956
Subject
Stairs
Trees
Time Period
Unknown
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

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