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Title: Temple of the Tooth Relic
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: The important Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic suffered destruction on multiple occasions since its original construction by King Devanampiya Tissa (250-210 BCE). In its present state, it is also a ruin, which is a multi-pillared edifice standing on a quadrangle measuring 214 feet east to west and 200 feet north to south. An inscribed slab of King Mahinda IV found near a pond is mentioned as an aid to it identification.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs00173.JPG
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/259
Subject: Temples
Time Period: 10th century CE
Place: Citadel
Anurādhapura
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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