Stone--bas-reliefs--Dematamal Vihare--Okkampitiya--Monaragala--Sri Lanka
This guardstone at the Dematamal Vihare in Okkampitiya in the Moneragala district, Sri Lanka, shows a cobra couple with arms round each other. It reflects the growing importance of the female in naga-nagini guardstones in the middle Anuradhapura period (ca. 5th-7th century A.D.).
Dematamal vihare, Okkampitiya, Moneragala, Sri Lanka
Technical Assistant: Jayasundare, Subhashini
International Center for Ethnic Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies, Colombo
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Forms part of Photographic documentation of Women as depicted in early Sri Lankan sculpture and painting / Slide in present collection