Buddha images at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka

On the left is the famous standing Buddha image at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. About seven metres tall, it is thought by some to represent the Buddha's first disciple, Ananda, but others believe it is an image of the Buddha himself. We also see the reclining Buddha, which shows him reaching his fin...

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Full title: Buddha images at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka [electronic resource] English.
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Language: English
Published: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1960.
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024 7 |a PP MS 19/6/SING/0082  |2 SOAS Archives catalog number 
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245 0 0 |a Buddha images at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka  |h [electronic resource]  |y English. 
260 |a [S.l.] :  |b [s.n.],  |c 1960. 
500 |a Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf (1909-1995) was born and educated in Vienna, gaining a PhD in anthropology from the University of Vienna in 1931. A grant from the Rockefeller Foundation enabled him to study at the London School of Economics, under the anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski. In 1936, he went to the Naga Hills in northeast India for his first fieldwork; over the next four decades, he worked extensively in south & central India, northeast India and Nepal. In 1950 he was appointed Professor of Anthropology at SOAS, where he established the Department of Anthropology. During his career, he published seventeen books, most of them ethnographies of tribal cultures. He was President of the Royal Anthropological Institute (1975-77) and a pioneer in the field of visual anthropology. 
500 |a ஆசியா -- இலங்கை -- வட மத்திய மாகாணம் 
500 |a ఆసియా -- శ్రీలంక -- నార్త్ సెంట్రల్ 
500 |a ආසියානු -- ශ්රී ලංකාව -- උතුරු මැද පළාත 
500 |a एशिया -- श्रीलंकाउत्तरी मध्य 
500 |a एशिया -- श्रीलंकाउत्तर मध्य 
500 |a This photograph was taken on 1960 April 06 
500 |a SOAS name authority for "Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist" is GB/NNAF/P146323. 
500 |a VIAF (name authority) : Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995 : record number 109130309 
500 |a This item is protected by copyright. Please use in accord with Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC). High resolution digital master available from SOAS, University of London - the Digital Library Project Office. 
500 |a Dieses Bild ist urheberrechtlich geschützt. Creative Commons (CC)-Lizenzen: Namensnennung-NichtKommerziell unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 international (CC BY-NC). Dieses Bild ist als in hoher Auflösung zur Verfügung. Kontaktieren Sie den Digital Library Project Office an der SOAS, University of London. 
500 |a Cette image est protégée par le droit d'auteur. S'il vous plaît, utiliser en accord avec la licence Creative Commons: Attribution-Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale (CC BY-NC). Fichiers numériques de haute résolution sont disponibles sur la SOAS, Université de Londres - le Bureau du projet de bibliothèque numérique. 
500 |a Haimendorf's original image reference number: 395_7 
500 |a Digitised from: 35mm B&W neg Ilford FP3 Panchromatic Fine Grain 
500 |a Funded in the United Kingdom by JISC 
506 |a © 1960, The Estate of Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. The Estate is currently (2015) represented by Nicholas Haimendorf, son of Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. ----- Creative Commons (by-nc-nd). -- This image may be used in accord with Creative Commons license Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs. 
520 3 |a On the left is the famous standing Buddha image at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. About seven metres tall, it is thought by some to represent the Buddha's first disciple, Ananda, but others believe it is an image of the Buddha himself. We also see the reclining Buddha, which shows him reaching his final nirvana at death. About 14 metres long, it was carved in the 12th or 13th century. The standing image was created at the same time. 
533 |a Electronic reproduction.  |b London :  |c SOAS, University of London,  |c Archives and Special Collections,  |d 2015.  |f (SOAS Digital Library)  |n Mode of access: World Wide Web.  |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. 
535 1 |a Archives and Special Collections. 
650 0 |a Buddhas in art. 
720 1 |a Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995.  |4 pht 
720 1 |a Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995.  |4 ctb 
720 1 |a Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist.  |4 ctb 
752 |a Sri Lanka  |b North Central  |c Polonnaruwa  |d Polonnaruwa. 
830 0 |a SOAS Digital Library. 
830 0 |a ASC. 
830 0 |a REGIONS. 
830 0 |a FORMATS. 
830 0 |a PHOTOS. 
830 0 |a RSEA. 
830 0 |a FURER. 
830 0 |a ILOA. 
852 |a SOAS 
856 4 0 |y Electronic Resource 
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