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The Story of Sigiriya

The Story of Sigiriya
Senani Ponnamperuma Nsm Ponnamperuma History English Hardcover 9780987345141
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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 paradise of gardens, pavilions, and ponds. He transforms the once foreboding column of rock to appear like a huge white cloud. Around its girth, he paints an exquisite tapestry depicting semi-nude celestial nymphs. On an escarpment halfway up this formidable rock, he constructs a gatehouse in the form of a sphinx-like lion giving his lair its name, Sigiriya-Lion Mountain. Atop the rock, he builds himself a sky palace of unparalleled beauty to emulate Alakamanda, the city of the gods. Hidden from view, he lives in splendid isolation tormented by guilt and fear, finally coming to a gruesome end. Then his splendid city disappears and is forgotten until rediscovered thirteen centuries later by an adventurous young British army officer on an elephant hunt.



Part 1 details the history of the site and the king who built it.

Part 2 contains an extensive Site Guide with vivid and never before seen photographs of the site.



Hardcopy Edition contains more information and photographs. It also includes more details on the construction of Sigiriya.

Senani Ponnamperuma was born in Sri Lanka, educated in the US, and now resides in Australia. He was the Chief Information Officer of two large Australian retailers and spent many years as a senior IT Consultant. Senani turned his hand to writing late in life. He is the author of two nonfiction historical books, The Story of Sigiriya and The Story of Anuradhapura, which are comprehensive histori-cal accounts of two of the most fascinating ancient sites in the world. Many prestigious libraries around the world hold these books. Most recently, Senani has written his first historical novel, SIGIRIYA: A Tale of Grandeur, Love and Tragedy, which is the story of Kasyapa, the king who built Sigiriya. Senani's website, Trishan's Oz, has been visited by over 60+ million people.

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