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Title: Lion Staircase Area
Creator: Bopearachchi, Osmund
Date Created and/or Issued: 2002
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: Area above the lion's paw at left side. Rock-cut footings were possibly for foundation of masonry above the existing brickwork.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs01655.JPG
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1719
Subject: Statues
Rocks
Time Period: 5th century CE
Place: Sigiriya Rock: Palace and Gardens
Sigiriya/Matale District
Sri Lanka
Source: Bandaranayake, Senaka. "Sigiriya: City, Palace and Royal Gardens," in The Cultural Triangle of Sri Lanka. [Paris]: Unesco Pub. ; Colombo : Central Cultural Fund, 1999, ©1993.
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15