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Ruins of the Satmahal Prasada stupa at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka, page, photomechanical print, title: 'SAT-MAHAL-PRASADA.', photographer: Henry William Cave, Polonnaruwa, cliché maker: anonymous, 1896, South Asia, paper, Woodburygravure, height 147 mm x width 184 mm, Print for page 117., temple, shrine, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, ruin of a building, architecture, A tall, weathered stone structure covered in vines and vegetation rises from a grassy, overgrown foreground, its crumbling surfaces showing patches of exposed brick and eroded plaster; the ruin is framed by dense trees with layered foliage on both sides and branches extending toward the center, and a cloudy sky fills the background above the structure.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A99_015

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Keywords

Ruins Satmahal Prasada stupa Polonnaruwa Sri Lanka page photomechanical print title Sat-Mahal-Prasada photographer Henry William Cave cliché maker anonymous 1896 South Asia paper Woodburygravure height 147 mm x width 184 mm Print page 117 temple shrine Hinduism Buddhism Jainism ruin building architecture tall weathered stone structure covered vines vegetation rises grassy overgrown foreground crumbling surfaces showing patches exposed brick eroded plaster framed dense trees layered foliage sides branches extending center cloudy sky fills background structure