Gedigē
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Title |
Gedigē |
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Photographer |
Bopearachchi, Osmund |
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Built by |
Restored by King Mahinda IV (956-972 CE), but bulit by earlier monarchs. |
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Subject |
Buildings
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Site Location |
Citadel |
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City/Region |
Anurādhapura |
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Country |
Sri Lanka |
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Year Established |
In 5th or 6th c. CE |
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Description |
The Gedigē is a square, tall, brick edifice with projecting bays, which had an upper storey with a vaulted brick superstructure, possibly witha tiled roof, and a circumambulatory path. It is a rare edifice. Several door and window frames have been preserved. The first few steps of its stairway are to be seen on the western side. An earlier building of the same design, but in an inferior state of preservation, is nearby. This edifice and the nearby relic house may have housed Mahāyana or Theravāda texts. The Archeological Department has recently proposed that the Gedige was the Sacred Temple of the Tooth Relic. Side view. which had an upper storey with a vaulted roof and a circumambulatory path. Several door and window frames have been preserved. The first few steps of its stairway are to be seen on the western side. An earlier building of the same design, but in an inferior state of preservation, is nearby. this edifice and the nearby relic house may have housed Mahāyana or Theravāda texts. The Archeological Department has recently proposed that the Gedige was the Sacred Temple of the Tooth Relic. |
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Publisher |
Claremont Colleges Library |
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Date |
2014 |
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Collection |
Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - http://cdm15831.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15831coll15 |
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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/ |
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Type |
Image |
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Format |
image/jp2 |
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Object File Name |
acs00179.JPG |
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