"Polonnaruwa"

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Database ID35528
InstitutionUniversity of Regina Archives and Special Collections
Fonds/CollectionTheodore Allen Heinrich fonds
File/Item Reference11. Photographs and Negatives - India, 11-2779-4 (Box 199)
Scope and contentMonotone composite postcard of ancient sites at Polonnaruwa, the second most ancient of Ceylon's (now Sri Lanka) kingdoms. Clockwise images: 1. Kiri Dagoba (temple); 2. Parakrama Bahu (Parâkramabâhu the Great was king of Sri Lanka from 1153-1186); 3. Rankot Vehera (The Golden Pinnacle stupa stands as the largest finished dagaba in Polonnaruwa); 4. Lankatilaka (a 14th century temple); 5. Gal Vimare (Gal Vihare is a rock temple of the Buddha); 6. Sedant Buddha in Watadage (watadage is a structure to house a relic of the Buddha).
Physical description/extent1 postcard; 10.5 x 15 cm
Date produced[194-]
Date Range(s)1940-1949
PublisherCeylon Pictorials
Copyright holderPublic domain
SubjectsBuildings and Architecture
Landscape
Language of cardEnglish
Postcard styledivided back
composite
Postcard mediareal photograph
Place - imagePolonnaruwa, Ceylon
Sri Lanka
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