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Lecture 1: Kashmir

Lecture 2: Sri Lanka

Lecture 3: M. Pradesh

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Choose one... Sri Lanka Lecture Home Introduction and History Mahavamsa Irrigation and Artificial Lakes Fishing Village at Galle Anuradhapura and King Deva-Nampiya-Tissa Dagobas and Bodhi Shrines King Walagam Bahu and the Dambulla Caves King Kassapa and Sigiriya The Sigiriya Frescoes Parakrama Bahu I and Polonnaruwa Elephant Sightings in Sri Lanka Kandy, Temple of the Sacred Tooth Kandyan Traditional Dance The Perahera Festival at Kandy - Preparations The Perahera Festival at Kandy - Part II The Perahera Festival at Kandy - Finale

Approaching Sigiriya, Mary B. Wheeler relates the story of its foundation in the late fifth century A.D. as a new capital by Kassapa, the wicked son of the beneficent King Datusena. The remains of the citadel at Sigiriya, built up upon terraces in the rock, attest to the magnificence of the original royal residence.

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