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Includes a number of photographs of tea estates.

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A view showing a huge statue (about 24 feet high) of Buddha carved from a rock face at the Kalu Gal Wihara, or Black Rock Cave.

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A view showing two unidentified Europeans carrying shotguns and three Sri Lankan servants.

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A view of the rest house at Polonnaruwa, a verandahed bungalow on a small incline.

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A view looking across a wide curving river towards distant mountains.

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A rather indistinct view showing cattle in a field.

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...

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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).

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A view showing an unidentified ruin and various statues.

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A view looking across the overgrown foundations of buildings towards a modern bungalow, probably the rest house.

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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).

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A view showing an unidentified temple standing atop a small but steep hill and surmounted by a conical tower.

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A view looking along the entrance steps of a ruined temple towards the carved statue of a seated Buddha.

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A view showing a statue of a seated Buddha, about 12 feet high, at the Kalu Gal Wihara (Black Rock Cave).

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A view showing the statue of the dead Buddha and his disciple Ananda at the Kalu Gal Wihara.

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A dark slide showing the statue of the dead Buddha and his disciple Ananda at the Kalu Gal Wihara.

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A view showing the statue of Ananda, the head of the reclining Buddha and other carvings in the Kalu Gal Wihara.

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...

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A view of the rest house at Polonnaruwa with trees in the foreground.

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

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276 x 218 mm. Head on view of the colossal 46 ft long reclining Buddha at the Gal Wihare, Polonnaruwa. This rock shrine also contains two other massive statues and an inner temple carved from the brown granite. Photographer unknown, probably Scowen &Co.

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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.

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

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

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271 x 217 mm. View from the north east looking along the north facade of the north temple at Polonnaruwa, the wall richly decorated with carved pillars and sculptures. The view shows the building before any large scale restoration had been effected. The temple was also known as the Demala Maha Saya. For plans, elevations and further photographs, see (ed) A.M. Hocart, 'Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of Ceylon' (Colombo, 1926) Vol. 2. Photographer unknown, probably Scowen & Co.