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Sigiriya

Posted in Uncategorized on March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

History
Sigiriya may have been inhabited through prehistoric times. It was used as a rock-shelter mountain monastery from about the 5th century BC, with caves prepared and donated by devotees to the Buddhist Sangha. The garden and palace were built by Kashyapa. Following Kasyapa’s death, it was again a monastery complex up to about the 14th [...]

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