Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting

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Title

A royal group worshipping at a Buddhist stupa

Subject

Rites and ceremonies
Royalty--Sri Lanka
Cave paintings--Dambulu Rajamaha Viharaya (Sri Lanka)
Buddhism in art

Description

This scene, from the Dambulla cave paintings, shows the family of Dutthagamini (a popular Sri Lankan King of the 2nd century B.C.E.) together with god Sakra worshiping at the Ruvanvelisaya, Sri Lanka. It is noteworthy that the queen stands in front of the King.

Creator

Sirima Kiribamune

Source

Dambulla, Sri Lanka

Date

ca. 18th century A.D.
Period of study: 1986-1987
Version: 01/12/2012

Contributor

Co-Author: Seneviratna, Harsha
Technical Officer: Wijesinghe, Lalith
Technical Assistant: Jayasundare, Subhashini
Photographer: Madanayake, I.S.
International Center for Ethnic Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies, Colombo

Rights

All rights reserved by International Center for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka.

Relation

Forms part of Photographic documentation of Women as depicted in early Sri Lankan sculpture and painting / Slide in present collection

Format

JPEG 2000

Language

eng

Type

image

Identifier

PDWESLSP.S.102

Coverage

ce

Citation

Sirima Kiribamune, "A royal group worshipping at a Buddhist stupa," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12599, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12599 (accessed April 23, 2024).

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