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Title
Ruin: Pillars: Monastic edifice (Image house/Chapter house)
Creator
Bopearachchi, Osmund
Date Created and/or Issued
2014
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 ruin is of significance since its entrance includes a balustrade with unique sculptured surface that appears to depict a narrative. It is located halfway to the left on the road to Thuparama from the northern gate of Ruvanvälisǟya. See other images for close-ups of the sculpted surface.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
acs00360.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/453
Subject
Pillars
Ruins
Time Period
2nd century BCE
Place
Mahāvihāra (The "great" monastery): Ruvanvälisǟya area
Anurādhapura
Sri Lanka
Relation
Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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