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Photo 430/5(10)
- Record Id:
- 041-003082636
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-003082626
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025862941.0x0005af
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100135045000.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 430/5(10)
- Title:
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Abayagiria (Fortress of Safety) Dagoba, Anurajapura. Photographer: Unknown
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Architectural Photography
Subjects = Curzon Collection; dagabas (stupas); Sri Lankan architecture; Sri Lankan architecture (Buddhist); stupas
Location = Anuradhapura; Ceylon; North Central Province; Sri Lanka
Photograph of the Abhayagiri dagoba at Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka, taken by an unknown photographer in the 1880s. The ancient city of Anuradhapura was founded in about 600 BC and was the capital and principal religious centre of Sri Lanka for 1500 years, finally supplanted by Polonnaruwa. It now consists of extensive architectural ruins, including a number of monasteries. The Abhayagiri Vihara is one of four great monasteries at the site, each centring around a huge stupa or dagoba, the others being the Mahavihara, the Jetavana Vihara and the Mirisavati Vihara. Each monastery complex includes stupa-shrines, assembly halls, refectories, pools and bath houses. The remains of these great dagobas mostly date from the Later Anuradhapura period of architecture (9th to 10th century AD). A dagoba or stupa is a dome shaped structure of brick enclosing a small reliquary chamber which enshrines relics or images of the Buddha.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003082259
040-003082626
041-003082636 - Is part of:
- Photo 430 : Curzon Collection
Photo 430/5 : Curzon Collection: 'Ceylon, India'. Photographer(s): Unknown
Photo 430/5(10) : Abayagiria (Fortress of Safety) Dagoba, Anurajapura. Photographer: Unknown - Hierarchy:
- 032-003082259[0005]/040-003082626[0010]/041-003082636
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 430
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100135045000.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1880
- End Date:
- 1889
- Date Range:
- 1880s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Format: Bound in Volume
Secondary Support: Card
- Former External References:
- 747
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known