The Ceylon Plates

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Old photographs of Dambulla

A cave temple complex beneath a great rock, its interiors filled with statues and paintings.

TCP-R56Painted ceiling and rows of statues inside the Dambulla cave1880TCP-R98Monk outside the white cave front at DambullaDate unknownTCP-R57Cave temple interior with small dagoba under painted rock roofDambulla Cave Temple · c. 1880–1900TCP-R55Cave temple interior with painted ceiling and Buddha rowsDambulla Cave Temple · c. 1880–1900TCP-R32Rock overhang with long colonnaded temple frontDambulla Cave Temple · c. 1880–1900TCP-R100Colonnaded temple front under the rockDambulla Cave Temple · c. 1880–1900TCP-R99Dambulla rock temple front with palms and monksDambulla Cave Temple · c. 1880–1900

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