Gedige Image House (Anuradhapura)
This is a vaulted (Gedige) image house located in the citadel of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. History
This building is identified as an image house of Buddhist tradition but presently, no evidence of the image of the Buddha is available. Also, the founder of this building is not known. However, with the help of the masons' mark found in " Building A " (see the "Building" section below) this edifice has been dated to the 8 century A.D. (Paranavitana, 1936). Conservation
The building was first noticed in 1886 by Burrows and was cleared by H.C.P. Bell in 1897 (Paranavitana, 1936). Building
This is a rectangular building with an upper storey (Paranavitana, 1936). This image house's walls and roof have been completely built out of bricks and, therefore, known as a Gedige (Pali: Ginjakavasatha ) type image house. However, the original brick vaulted roof of the image house no longer exists. It is evident from the remains that the vaulted roof of the image house was restin…
