Abhayagiri Dagoba (Stupa), Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
Abhayagiri Dagoba (Stupa), Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. One of the sites of the Sacred City of Anuradhapura, greatest monastic city of the ancient world, 437 BC-845 AD, A World Heritage Site. In its glorious days, it is believed to have stood around 115m tall, only slightly smaller than Jetavana Dagoba, making it the fourth tallest in the ancient world after Khufru & Khafra at Gizeh, Egypt & Jetavana Dagoba. Following a restoration by King Parakrambahu the great, the dagoba may have stood over 100m high. The loss of its pinnacle has now reduced its height to around 70m tall. The dagoba, built over a footprint of the Buddha is 400 m in circumference & bears some similarities to the earlier Thuparama. Some columns remain of its vatadage.
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Location: Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
Photo credit: © Shreekant Jadhav / Alamy / Afripics
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