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Title: Abhayagiri stūpa, in restoration
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: The stūpa is the most important edifice in the Abhayagiri Vihāra (Monastery). It is built on a square platform with four entrances and surrounded by outer and inner terraces enclosed by walls. It is over 75 meters high and 106.5 meters in diameter at its widest point. The dome is built over small relic chambers.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs00440.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/556
Subject: Shrines (structures)
Time Period: In the 1st century BCE and expanded 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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