The Story of Sigiriya: History of Sigiriya

Name: The Story of Sigiriya: History of Sigiriya
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Author: "Senani Ponnamperuma"
ISBN: 9780987345196

Senani Ponnamperuma

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The historical facts surrounding the story of Sigiriya and its builder King Kasyapa is a tale of cruelty intrigue vision grandeur chivalry betrayal and abandonment.In the fifth century Kasyapa acquires his throne by murdering his father who he has plastered up alive into a wall. Tormented by guilt he abandons his capital and flees into the inhospitable forests of central Sri Lanka. There in an area dominated by a massive column of rock 660 feet high he builds his royal citadel a terrestrial para