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    Sigiriya or Sinhagiri (Lion Rock Sinhala: සීගිරිය, Tamil: சிகிரியா/சிங்ககிரி, pronounced see-gi-ri-yə) is an ancient rock fortress located in the northern...
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  • Sigiriya Airport (IATA: GIU, ICAO: VCCS) is an air force base and domestic airport located in central Sri Lanka. Located near the city of Dambulla, the...
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    Sigiriya, Sri Lanka built between 477 and 495 AD is one of the few surviving protective parapet walls from antiquity. Built onto the side of Sigiriya...
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  • dynasty of Sri Lanka. Kashyapa is credited with the construction of the Sigiriya citadel and the surrounding city. He acquired the throne by overthrowing...
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    design on walls and inside the ceilings of domes. The Sigiriya Frescoes are found in Sigiriya in Sri Lanka. Painted during the reign of King Kashyapa...
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    as Sigiriya, the so-called "Fortress in the Sky", built during the reign of Kashyapa I of Anuradhapura, who ruled between 477 and 495. The Sigiriya rock...
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    considered vandalism. Ancient tourists visiting the 5th-century citadel at Sigiriya in Sri Lanka write their names and commentary over the "mirror wall", adding...
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    BC–7th century AD, 7th century–667, 683–772, 777–797, 801–833, 853–1029 Sigiriya, 473–491 (During the reign of Kassapa I (473–491)) Polonnaruwa, 667–683...
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  • (Church of Saint George, Lalibela) Royal Palace in Amsterdam, Netherlands Sigiriya, Sri Lanka Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), New York...
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  • Radiocarbon evidence has been collected from Anuradhapura and Aligala shelter in Sigiriya. The Anuradhapura settlement is recorded to extend 10 ha (25 acres) by...
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  • Kandy Sigiriya Anuradhapura Galle Polonnaruwa Dambulla cave temple Sinharaja Knuckles Mountain Range Peak Wilderness Horton Plains The United Nations Educational...
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    the heavenly damsels in the frescoes of the fifth-century rock fortress Sigiriya holds a five-petalled flower in her right hand that is indistinguishable...
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    September 2014. Dr. Mirando Obeysekere, Was Maya Dannawa the architect of Sigiriya?, Daily News, 6 March 2003. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/mdannawa...
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    / 8.30139°N 80.42806°E / 8.30139; 80.42806 Dambulla Central VCCS GIU Sigiriya Airport Military/public 1,768 m (5,801 ft) 07°57′21″N 81°40′44″E / 7...
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    Lankan art are caves and temple paintings, such as the frescoes found at Sigiriya, and religious paintings found in temples in Dambulla and Temple of the...
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    Rock Fort of Sigiriya built by King Kashyapa I of Anuradhapura....
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    Pulumbato, Philippines Sangla Hill, Pakistan Savandurga, Karnataka, India Sigiriya, Sri Lanka Yana, Karnataka, India Gilbert Hill, Mumbai, India Rockfort...
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    The stone of the south Mada'in Saleh Avukana Buddha statue Gal Vihara Sigiriya Cappadocia Tombs of the kings of Pontus Rock tombs Mount Nemrut Salt Cathedral...
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  • NP39 — July 14, 1999 Socorro LINEAR  · 4.4 km MPC · JPL 22802 Sigiriya 1999 PK6 Sigiriya August 13, 1999 Anderson Mesa LONEOS FLO 2.5 km MPC · JPL 22803...
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    on the Sigiriya Mirror Wall. These poems are believed to have been composed by pilgrims who came to visit the Buddhist monastery of Sigiriya, which was...
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    involvement of Persian Christians with the Sri Lankan royal family during the Sigiriya Period. Over seventy-five ships carrying Murundi soldiers from Mangalore...
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    situated nearby to the ancient rock fortress and castle/palace ruin of Sigiriya and is situated on the main road from Colombo to Trincomalee, Polonnaruwa...
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    - Yulin Cave 15 Apsara Surasundari in Borobudur Painting of Apsara at Sigiriya, Sri Lanka Khmer Apsara dancer Khmer apsara dancers Angel Diwata Angkor...
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  • N0000 HNB Finance CSE: HNBF.N0000 Horana Plantations CSE: HOPL.N0000 Hotel Sigiriya CSE: HSIG.N0000 HDFC Bank of Sri Lanka CSE: HDFC.N0000 hSenid Business...
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  • medicinal herbs found there are closely related to the herbs of the Himalayas. Sigiriya is believed to be Ravana’s formidable fortress, described as being situated...
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  • "water-lily" in English. This beautiful aquatic flower appears in the Sigiriya frescoes and has been mentioned in ancient Sanskrit, Pali and Sinhala literary...
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    involvement of Persian Christians with the Sri Lankan royal family during the Sigiriya Period. Over seventy-five ships carrying Murundi soldiers from Mangalore...
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    desecration of Babylon. King Kassapa I (473 to 495 CE) creator of the Sigiriya citadel of ancient Sri Lanka killed his father king Dhatusena for the throne...
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  • locations including some most popular tourists destinations like Kandy, Sigiriya etc. around Sri Lanka. For each episode he prepares a dish unique to the...
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    Moratuwa Mullaitivu Negombo Nuwara Eliya Polonnaruwa Puttalam Raigama Ratnapura Sigiriya Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte Trincomalee Vavuniya Sri Lanka portal...
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