Asia (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 16196 Collections and/or Records:
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Polonnaruwa, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/332
Scope and Contents
A view showing the Wata Dage and the Thuparama in the ruined city of Polonnaruwa. The Wata Dage, or Round House, are the circular halls built by King Karakrama. The Thuparama (left of slide) is a temple built in oblong form with a low, square tower.Polonnaruwa, situated in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka, 50 miles south-east of Anuradhapura, had been a royal residence of the rulers of Sri Lanka since 368 AD. It was only with the sacking of Anuradhapura by the Tamils in the...
Dates:
1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Polonnaruwa, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/333
Scope and Contents
A view showing the ruins of the Jetawanarama temple with a large statue of Buddha (lacking a head) on the rear wall: 'The Jetawanarama is 170 feet long by 80 feet wide, with a height which must have been ... At least one hundred feet. The walls, built of red brick and coated with chunam [cement or plaster], are twelve feet thick, and the two huge columns flanking the entrance are almost awe-inspiring (Williams 1950, pp. 146-147).
Dates:
1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Polonnaruwa, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/334
Scope and Contents
A view showing an unidentified ruin and various statues.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Polonnaruwa, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/335
Scope and Contents
A view looking across the overgrown foundations of buildings towards a modern bungalow, probably the rest house.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Polonnaruwa, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/336
Scope and Contents
A view looking towards the Kiri or Milk dagoba: 'so-called from its white coat of protective chunam [cement or plaster] ... To me it was the most beautiful, perhaps because it was the most simple of all the legacies of the past at Polonnaruha, and it is easy, looking at it, to reconstruct the perfection of the original, snow-white, surmounted by the hti and the spire of gold which we know it possessed.' (Williams 1950, page 147).
Dates:
1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Polonnaruwa, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/337
Scope and Contents
A view showing an unidentified temple standing atop a small but steep hill and surmounted by a conical tower.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Polonnaruwa, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/338
Scope and Contents
A view looking along the entrance steps of a ruined temple towards the carved statue of a seated Buddha.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Polonnaruwa, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/340
Scope and Contents
A view showing a statue of a seated Buddha, about 12 feet high, at the Kalu Gal Wihara (Black Rock Cave).
Dates:
1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Polonnaruwa, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/341
Scope and Contents
A view showing the statue of the dead Buddha and his disciple Ananda at the Kalu Gal Wihara.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Polonnaruwa, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/342
Scope and Contents
A dark slide showing the statue of the dead Buddha and his disciple Ananda at the Kalu Gal Wihara.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Polonnaruwa, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/343
Scope and Contents
A view showing the statue of Ananda, the head of the reclining Buddha and other carvings in the Kalu Gal Wihara.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Polonnaruwa, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/344
Scope and Contents
A view of the statue of King Parakrama with a Sinhalese standing beside it to indicate scale (the statue stands about 14 feet high): 'In this rock is a striking statueof King Parakrama carved, like that of the recumbent Buddha, in the solid rock. The monarch, who raised most of the temples and monuments of the city, stands with his back to his great works holding an ola, or palm leaf book, in his hands as if at the end of his glorious reign he had found in the study of the Buddhist...
Dates:
1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Polonnaruwa Rest House, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/329
Scope and Contents
A view of the rest house at Polonnaruwa with trees in the foreground.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Rest House, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/388
Scope and Contents
A view showing a group of Europeans loading or unloading baggage from their cars, presumably during the excursion to Jaffna illustrated in Y3011B(LS)/385-387.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Spider on tea bush, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/351
Scope and Contents
A well-caught photograph showing a large spider on its web.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - St Leonards, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/405
Scope and Contents
A view showing the estate bungalow and garden on the St Leonards Estate in the Udapussellawa district south-east of Kandy.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], St Leonards, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/406
Scope and Contents
A poorly-exposed view showing the estate bungalow and garden from the hillside looking directly onto the neatly laid out property. With tea growing on the hill behind the house.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - St Leonards, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/407
Scope and Contents
A well-exposed view showing the estate from the hillside.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - St Leonards, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/408
Scope and Contents
A view of the house and garden of the estate.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - St Leonards, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/409
Scope and Contents
A well-exposed view showing the estate bungalow and garden on the St Leonards Estate in the Udapussellawa district south-east of Kandy.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - St Leonards, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/411
Scope and Contents
A view showing a pathway in the garden at St Leonards with an unidentified figure standing in the background (probably A.C. Wilson).
Dates:
1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], St Leonards, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/412
Scope and Contents
A view showing part of the garden at St Leonards with well-tended lawn and paths.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - St Leonards, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/413
Scope and Contents
A view showing a stream and lush vegetation with a figure in the foreground (probably A.C. Wilson).
Dates:
1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - St Leonards, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/415
Scope and Contents
A view showing a group of tea-pickers with their wicker baskets.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - St Leonards, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/416
Scope and Contents
A rather dark view showing a group of tea-pickers with the wicker baskets.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).