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  2. Sigiriya - Wikipedia

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    According to the ancient Sri Lankan chronicle the Cūḷavaṃsa, this area was a large forest, then after storms and landslides it became a hill and was selected by King Kashyapa (AD 477–495) for his new capital. He built his palace on top of this rock and decorated its sides with colourful frescoes. On a small plateau about halfway up the ...

  3. Ancient constructions of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Queen's Palace Sigiriya built in the 5th century CE was a combination of natural and man made fortress built around a 200-metre-tall (660 ft) rock on which was the royal Sky Palace. It is world-renowned for the beautiful Sigiriya frescoes.

  4. Architecture of ancient Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Early provincial vatadages have been in the form of a square [6] later it developed into a circular form enclosing the dagoba. [2] Polonnaruwa, Medirigiriya and Tiriyaya vatadages still have their circles of slender, graceful pillars. The vatadage roof was of a sophisticated design unique to ancient Sri Lanka, it is a three-tiered conical roof ...

  5. Citadel - Wikipedia

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    A citadel is the most fortified area of a town or city. It may be a castle , fortress , or fortified center. The term is a diminutive of city , meaning "little city", because it is a smaller part of the city of which it is the defensive core.

  6. Anuradhapura - Wikipedia

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    Apart from being Government Agent, he was Chairman of the Anuradhapura Preservation Board. This was the time when the city of Anuradhapura was in a period of historic transition. The new town of Anuradhapura was being built, and the residents of the old were being transferred to the new town. It was a time of some tension and of excitement.

  7. Talk:Sigiriya - Wikipedia

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    The article is tiled "Sigiriya" and then talks only about the rock fortress. Sigiriya, however, is a town in the Matale District within which the rock fortress is located. There's no separate page for the town of Sigiriya, and this article makes it appear as if the rock itself is called "Sigiriya": it isn't.

  8. Kingdom of Polonnaruwa - Wikipedia

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    This may have been due to an economic crisis caused by the burden. It is to be noted that the coinage of Polonnaruwa shows a great resemblance to that of RajaRaja I of the Chola kingdom. Trade with the Chinese dynasties was extensively high at the period, and coins belonging to the Song dynasty have been found throughout Polonnaruwa. [40]

  9. Medieval architecture - Wikipedia

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    These buildings, due to their higher class ownership, were more large in scale with elements that displayed wealth. [ 13 ] They also provide an insight into the social history of the area it sits in through its architecture due to them adapting throughout the years to accommodate what the owner needed most.