Sigiriya SriLanka

Sigiriya (Lion's rock) is an ancient rock fortress and ruins of a castle situated in central Matale District of Sri Lanka. It is a popular tourist destination and also popular for the ancient paintings (frescos) very similar to the paintings in Ajanta Caves of India. It was built during the reign of King Kasyapa (477 495 AD) and one of the seven World Heritage Sites of Sri Lanka.[1][2]
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 King Kashyapa. Following King Kasyapa's death, it was again a monastery complex up to about the 14th century, after which it was abandoned

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