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Page 66
... built up towards the east , in the Theranambaddha Malaka , a funeral pyre of sweet - smelling wood , leaving the Great Thupa on the right , and when he had brought the beautiful bier thither and caused it to be set upon the pyre , he ...
... built up towards the east , in the Theranambaddha Malaka , a funeral pyre of sweet - smelling wood , leaving the Great Thupa on the right , and when he had brought the beautiful bier thither and caused it to be set upon the pyre , he ...
Page 107
... built of stone in the shape of an open lotus . Many more such baths of lotus design built in the monastery grounds , probably to contain water for the use of the monks , lie in ruins and are yet to be excavated and conserved ...
... built of stone in the shape of an open lotus . Many more such baths of lotus design built in the monastery grounds , probably to contain water for the use of the monks , lie in ruins and are yet to be excavated and conserved ...
Page 162
... built on a picturesque site nearby . The large isolated building drawn above the Natha Devala square may be identified as the Temple of the Tooth built by King Vimaladharmasuriya I. Its true location may be in the present Maha Maluva ...
... built on a picturesque site nearby . The large isolated building drawn above the Natha Devala square may be identified as the Temple of the Tooth built by King Vimaladharmasuriya I. Its true location may be in the present Maha Maluva ...
Contents
Ananda W P Guruge Introduction | 12 |
T G Kulatunga Abhayagiri Vihara | 42 |
Hema Ratnayake Jetavana | 64 |
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Abhayagiri activities ancient Anuradhapura architecture became boulder brick bronze Buddha Buddhist building built called campaign capital carried carved cave central centre century A.D. chronicles complex conservation construction containing continued covered Cultural Triangle Dambulla decorated early east entrance established example excavations extended figures followed four gardens hall Hindu historical identified image house important India indicates inscriptions interesting island Jetavana Kandy Kandyan King Kingdom known largest later located major metres Minister moat monastery monks monuments original paintings palace Parakramabahu period Polonnaruva present preserved records referred reign religious remains rock roof royal sacred sculpture seated shrine side Sigiriya Sinhala Sri Lanka statue steps stone structure stupa style surrounding temple terrace throne Tooth Relic tradition UNESCO upper Vihara wall