Showing posts with label Artifacts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Artifacts. Show all posts

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Artifacts at Abheyagiri, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.

Carvings in stone.

A water fountain of granite?


Restoration work in progress.

Monday, December 9, 2013

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Artifacts, Jethavanaramaya, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.


 Seven-headed cobra, and dancing girls.



Recording of a donation?
So many stone and brick artifacts going back centuries are strewn about the place that it will need a lot of field-work in the future. Already the Archaeologists working on the project have achieved much on this project.

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Artifacts, Yapahuwa, Sri Lanka.

The 'Chinese Lion'.

Dancers carved in stone.

Dancers.

Musicians.
Note the idealized female figure of the 12th Century - Large breasts, narrow waists and wide hips.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Nagadipa Vihara, Mahiyangana, Sri Lanka.

The Vihara grounds

An inscription on stone.
Broken stone pillar
Solar panel with storage batteries installed by the late President Premadasa. They have grid connection now.
Some of the stone artifacts found here point to a very early era of origin.

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Artifacts inside the Dalada Maligawa, Kandy, Sri Lanka

"Gajasingha' -  Mythical Lion with an elephant's face - Strength and wisdom.

A mythical animal
Design on pillar 
The door lock
Quite a lot of works on the stone pillars are presumably from the early part of the 19th Century PE when the Maligawa was constructed. They could be even earlier.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Artifacts at Embekka Dewala, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

A bird motif on a woodcut.
Decorated granite doorway

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Artifacts in the museum at 'Wavurukannala' Buddhist temple.

The old printing press.
Respect for the Crown in 1955.