The Ceylon Plates

The collection

Ancient Ruins

Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Sigiriya and Dambulla as early visitors found them.

TCP-R64Stone steps with guardstonesAnuradhapura · c. 1885–1905TCP-R117Pillars and steps on a moundAnuradhapura · c. 1885–1905TCP-R11Moonstone, guardstones and stairwayAnuradhapura · c. 1875–1900TCP-R76Ruwanwelisaya beyond a lone tree and ruined pillarsAnuradhapura · c. 1885–1905TCP-R84Abhayagiri or Jetavana dagoba with pillars and stepsAnuradhapura · c. 1875–1895TCP-R59Excavated pond with stacked stone slabs (Kuttam Pokuna)Anuradhapura · c. 1885–1900TCP-R66Moonstone with concentric animal bandsAnuradhapura · c. 1885–1905TCP-R74Great tree and ruins, colonial building beyondAnuradhapura · c. 1885–1905TCP-R153Painted temple interior with Kandy-era reliefsKelaniya or Degaldoruwa (possible) · c. 1885–1905TCP-R50Ladders to the fresco pocket, Sigiriya, looking downc. 1890–1905TCP-R21Standing Buddha figure, Gal ViharaPolonnaruwa · c. 1875–1895TCP-R70Thuparama with palms (restored)Anuradhapura · c. 1885–1905TCP-R42Rock boulders with shrine ruinsAnuradhapura (Vessagiriya or Isurumuniya, possible) · c. 1885–1905TCP-R8Ruwanwelisaya, overgrown, behind the ruins of a pillared hallAnuradhapura · c. 1870–1871TCP-R56Painted ceiling and rows of statues inside the Dambulla cave1880TCP-R29Long stone stairway rising through forestMihintale · c. 1880–1900TCP-R80Forested lake or tankc. 1885–1905TCP-R88Carved stones, pillarsAnuradhapura · c. 1885–1905TCP-R141Ruined stone platformsAnuradhapura · c. 1885–1905TCP-R87Carved balustrade with dwarf and lion (makara)Anuradhapura · c. 1885–1905TCP-R98Monk outside the white cave front at DambullaDate unknownTCP-R60Restored stepped pond (Kuttam Pokuna)Anuradhapura · c. 1885–1905TCP-R110Kuttam Pokuna or bathing pond with figuresAnuradhapura · c. 1890–1910TCP-R146Seated Buddhas at Jetavanarama frontispieceAnuradhapura · c. 1885–1905TCP-R77Sri Maha Bodhi behind a fenceAnuradhapura · c. 1885–1905TCP-R104Fallen stone trough with pillarsAnuradhapura · c. 1885–1905TCP-R37Standing Bodhisattva statue in open groundAnuradhapura (Buddhist statue garden, possible) · c. 1885–1905TCP-R41Moonstone (sandakada pahana) close viewAnuradhapura · c. 1870–1871TCP-R36Ruwanwelisaya, overgrown, with fence and small white houseRuwanwelisaya, Anuradhapura · c. 1885–1905TCP-R35Rock face with Mirror Wall and gallerySigiriya · c. 1885–1900TCP-R52Excavated terraces and retaining wallsSigiriya (probable) · c. 1895–1910TCP-R114Pillars and steps with moonstone and lion guardsAnuradhapura · c. 1885–1905TCP-R82Great dagoba partially cleared (Ruwanwelisaya)Anuradhapura · c. 1890–1905TCP-R54Overgrown dagoba with small ruin alongsideAnuradhapura · c. 1875–1895TCP-R159Rocky peak with a small shelterc. 1880–1900TCP-R89Sri Maha Bodhi with terrace wallAnuradhapura · c. 1885–1905TCP-R3Tile-roofed image house with guardstonesc. 1870–1871TCP-R72Stone platform with pillarsAnuradhapura · c. 1885–1905TCP-R49Ladders on the rock face for copying the Sigiriya frescoesDate unknownTCP-R46Great trees, fence and European figure with hatAnuradhapura · c. 1885–1905TCP-R102Ruins and platforms in a clearingAnuradhapura · c. 1885–1905TCP-R44Sri Maha Bodhi with fenceAnuradhapura · c. 1885–1905TCP-R23Stone temple with stairway in rock boulders (Isurumuniya, possible)Anuradhapura (possible) · c. 1885–1905TCP-R85Seated Samadhi Buddha in forestAnuradhapura · c. 1885–1905TCP-R150Dagoba wall and ring of statues beyond open groundAnuradhapura · c. 1890–1910TCP-R47Sigiriya Rock across the tankc. 1880–1900TCP-R57Cave temple interior with small dagoba under painted rock roofDambulla Cave Temple · c. 1880–1900TCP-R67Tank with a distant dagoba and palms (Basawakkulama or Tissa Wewa, possible)Anuradhapura · c. 1885–1905

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