Exterior of the Dambulla Cave Temple, Sri Lanka, page, photomechanical print, Four monks stand in the foreground., title: 'ROCK TEMPLE AT DAMBULLA.', photographer: Henry William Cave, Dambulla, cliché maker: anonymous, 1896, South Asia, paper, Woodburygravure, height 184 mm x width 137 mm, Print on second endpaper., temple, shrine, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, rock-formations, temple servants, Golden temple of Dambulla, A tall rocky overhang fills the upper area with rough textured stone and hanging foliage, several slender palm trunks rising from the ground and leaning against the rock, a low stone wall and stepped stone platform in front of a simple building with a sloped thatched roof and plain plaster walls, a group of people standing on the steps and in front of the wall wearing long draped garments, dense tree branches and leaves framing the left side of the scene.
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Exterior of the Dambulla Cave Temple, Sri Lanka, page, photomechanical print, Four monks stand in the foreground., title: 'ROCK TEMPLE AT DAMBULLA.', photographer: Henry William Cave, Dambulla, cliché maker: anonymous, 1896, South Asia, paper, Woodburygravure, height 184 mm x width 137 mm, Print on second endpaper., temple, shrine, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, rock-formations, temple servants, Golden temple of Dambulla, A tall rocky overhang fills the upper area with rough textured stone and hanging foliage, several slender palm trunks rising from the ground and leaning against the rock, a low stone wall and stepped stone platform in front of a simple building with a sloped thatched roof and plain plaster walls, a group of people standing on the steps and in front of the wall wearing long draped garments, dense tree branches and leaves framing the left side of the scene.

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Exterior Dambulla Cave Temple Sri Lanka page photomechanical print Four monks stand foreground title Rock Temple Dambulla photographer Henry William Cave cliché maker anonymous 1896 South Asia paper Woodburygravure height 184 mm x width 137 mm Print second endpaper temple shrine Hinduism Buddhism Jainism rock-formations temple servants Golden temple tall rocky overhang fills upper area rough textured stone hanging foliage several slender palm trunks rising ground leaning rock low stone wall stepped stone platform front simple building sloped thatched roof plain plaster walls group people standing steps wall wearing long draped garments dense tree branches leaves framing left side scene

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