Sigiriya:
The Lion Rock
of Sri Lanka

Nothing in Sri Lanka captures
the imagination more than
a 200 meter lump of granite
that rises starkly above the
flat central plains about three and a half hours' drive from Colombo. Sigiriya (say see-
gih-REE-yah) has it all --
a blood-stained history full
of intrigue, astonishing frescos of bare-breasted maidens painted 15 centuries ago,
a wall covered in graffiti that
is more than 1,000 years old and, to top it all, Asia's oldest surviving landscape garden...
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Sigiriya and
Its Significance

A thought-provoking book
by former Archaeological Commissioner
Dr. Raja De Silva