Standing Buddha statue
Rating |
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Title |
Standing Buddha statue |
Photographer |
Bopearachchi, Osmund |
Built by |
Prince Agghabodhi (later King Agghabodhi IV, 667–683 CE) and/or his brother, King Dappula I. |
Subject |
Buddha Statues |
Site Location |
Maligawila (Maligawela), monastery complex, possibly at the location called Kanagama. |
City/Region |
Maligawila (Maligawela). Monerāgala District, Uva province. 15 km from Butthala. |
Country |
Sri Lanka |
Year Established |
7th century CE. Fallen statue, found in the 1950s, restored and raised in 1991. |
Description |
Close-up view from rear, showing the manner in which the statue is supported by brickwork. |
Notes |
Site Location attributed to the ancient great chronicle of Sri Lanka, Mahāvamsa, Chapter XLV. |
Publisher |
Claremont Colleges Library |
Date |
2005 |
Collection |
Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - http://cdm15831.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15831coll15 |
Rights |
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
Type |
Image |
Format |
image/jp2 |
Object File Name |
acs00112.JPG |
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