The Ceylon Plates
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Painted ceiling and rows of statues inside the Dambulla cave. Dambulla.
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Ancient Ruins

Painted ceiling and rows of statues inside the Dambulla cave

Dambulla
1880

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Identified
Named on the print, matched to a published caption, an unmistakable landmark, or identified by the collection’s owner.
Date basis
Date not confirmed
Identified by
Visual identification; place and date compared with Lankapura captions
Place
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Reference
TCP-R56

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