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Polonnaruva: Watadage Temple

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dc.contributor.authorBrown, Percy
dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatialSri Lanka (Polonnaruwa)
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-02T23:47:47Z
dc.date.available2020-02-02T23:47:47Z
dc.date.created1956
dc.date.updated2020-02-02T23:47:47Z
dc.descriptionCalled by Bell "the most beautiful specimen of Buddhistic stone architecture in Ceylon." Quite possibly this was the shrine erected by Pakrama Bahu I as a "round temple of the Tooth-relic", and Nissanka Malla (1198-1209) merely restored it.
dc.format.extent35mm
dc.format.mediumslide
dc.format.mediumb&w
dc.identifierANUA 682-4079
dc.identifier.otherSL-41
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/200925
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2020
dc.rights.licenseThis item is provided for research purposes. Contact the Australian National University Archives at butlin.archives@anu.edu.au for permission to use.
dc.subjectSri Lanka
dc.subjectarchitecture
dc.subjectbook scan
dc.titlePolonnaruva: Watadage Temple
dc.typeImage
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.description.notesSource: Percy Brown, Indian Architecture, vol I, Bombay, Taraporevala, 1956, Plate CXLIX

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