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North Central Province (province)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 58 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)/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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[Colombo, Kandy and the ruined cities of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa], 1895 - 1900

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Ceylon/28-55
Scope and Contents

Monochrome postcards showing views in Colombo, Kandy and the ruined cities of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa, published by Platé Ltd.

Dates: 1895 - 1900
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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Entrance to a ruined temple, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Ceylon/69
Scope and Contents

The printed caption on the reverse reads: 'Carved stone balustrade, guard figures, steps, and moonstone, at Anu-radha-pura'.

Dates: 1924
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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Isu-ru-muni-ya [i.e. Isurumuniya] Temple and Dagoba, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Ceylon/65
Scope and Contents

The caption printed on the reverse reads: 'Isu-ru-muni-ya Temple and Dagoba at Anu-radha-pura 3rd Century B.C.'.

Dates: 1924
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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Isurumuniya Temple, from the Tanks, 'Ruined Cities', 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Ceylon/45
Scope and Contents

'No. 97' printed on reverse.

Dates: 1895 - 1900
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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Lanka-rama [i.e. Lankarama] Dagoba, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Ceylon/67
Scope and Contents

The printed caption on the reverse reads: 'Lanka-rama Dagoba at Anu-radha-pura. 2nd Century B.C.'.

Dates: 1924
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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Lanka-rama [i.e. Lankarama] Dagoba, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Ceylon/68
Scope and Contents

The printed caption on the reverse reads: 'Lanka-rama Dagoba at Anu-radha-pura. 2nd Century B.C.'.

Dates: 1924
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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Mihintale, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/58
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. View from the great Dagoba, Mihintale looking west over jungle and Anuradhapura.

Dates: 1907
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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Mihintale, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/59
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. View from the great Dagoba, Mihintale looking west over jungle and Anuradhapura.

Dates: 1907
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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Mihintale. View from the great Dagoba, Mihintale looking west over jungle and Anuradhapura, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/57
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. Print spoiled.

Dates: 1907
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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Miniri [Minneriya] resthouse, Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/390
Scope and Contents

A view looking along the road towards the bungalow and its garden.

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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Miscellaneous, 1908 - 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/420-464
Scope and Contents

Includes a number of scenes on board ship in 1914 and some miscellaneous unbacked slides which are largely duplicates, or similar to, those in other boxes.

Dates: 1908 - 1914
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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Moon Stone Steps, Anuradhapura, Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Ceylon/81
Scope and Contents

Captioned 'No. 192' on the reverse.

Dates: 1910
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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No. 186. Bathing-Palace, Anuradhapura, Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Ceylon/80
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Monochrome postcards of the ruined cities of Ceylon, published by Platé Ltd.

Dates: 1910
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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No. 195. Moon stone and steps, Anuradhapura, Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Ceylon/47
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Monochrome postcards showing views in Colombo, Kandy and the ruined cities of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa, published by Platé Ltd.

Dates: 1895 - 1900
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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No. 201. Jetawanarama Dagoba, Anuradhapura, Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Ceylon/46
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Monochrome postcards showing views in Colombo, Kandy and the ruined cities of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa, published by Platé Ltd.

Dates: 1895 - 1900
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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No. 204. Mirisavetiya Dagoba, Anuradhapura, Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Ceylon/49
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Monochrome postcards showing views in Colombo, Kandy and the ruined cities of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa, published by Platé Ltd.

Dates: 1895 - 1900
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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No. 207. The first flight of steps up to Mihintale Hill, Anuradhapura, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Ceylon/82
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Monochrome postcards of the ruined cities of Ceylon, published by Platé Ltd.

Dates: 1910
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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