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Fortress-palace built atop a 200-meter volcanic plug

Apsaras Paintings, Sigiriya Rock. Over five hundred apsarasas (celestial maidens) were painted on the western cliff face during Kasyapa's time, in addition to an unknowable number of other paintings t
Apsaras Paintings, Sigiriya Rock. Over five hundred apsarasas (celestial maidens) were painted on the western cliff face during Kasyapa's time, in addition to an unknowable number of other paintings… © Michael Gunther, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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