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Photo 92/16(6)
- Record Id:
- 041-003046591
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003045119
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025648519.0x0013e0
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 92/16(6)
- Title:
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A stone book 26 feet long 4 feet broad and 2 feet thich (see 37). A Buddhist priest stands on the left and a Singhalese headsman [sic] in official dress on the right [Polonnaruwa]. Photographer: Lawton, Joseph
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Architectural Photography
Two figures standing beside massive stone block with inscriptions on upper surface and carved frieze around sides. The original caption has been emended by Geraldine Mitton, who has crossed out the dimensions quoted above and written, 'weighing 25 tons, transported sixty miles in the 12th century to its present position.' The Gal Pota or Stone Book records Nissanka Malla's invasion of India and his relations with other states.
[Albumen print, 280x214mm].
Subjects = archaeological finds; archaeological sites; inscriptions; rock-cut inscriptions; Scott (Sir George) Collection; Sri Lankan architecture; Sri Lankan architecture (Buddhist)
Location = Ceylon; North Central Province; Polonnaruwa; Sri Lanka
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003045119
040-003046585
041-003046591 - Is part of:
- Photo 92 : Sir James George Scott Collection: Photographs of Burma (particularly the Shan States). Photographer(s): Scott, James George
Photo 92/16 : Scott Collection: Photographs of the Ruined Cities of Ceylon. Photographer(s): Lawton, Joseph
Photo 92/16(6) : A stone book 26 feet long 4 feet broad and 2 feet thich (see 37). A Buddhist priest stands on the left and a Singhalese headsman… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003045119[0015]/040-003046585[0006]/041-003046591
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 92
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1870
- End Date:
- 1871
- Date Range:
- 1870-1871
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Lawton, Joseph
- Subjects:
- Gal Pota (Polonnaruwa)