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Fortress-palace built atop a 200-meter volcanic plug

Thrusting up 200m from the plain like an isolated dental molar, Sigiriya Rock is the fortress-palace of King Kasyapa (473 - 491 AD). Kasyapa usurped the throne in 473 AD, killing his father Dhatusena
Thrusting up 200m from the plain like an isolated dental molar, Sigiriya Rock is the fortress-palace of King Kasyapa (473 - 491 AD). Kasyapa usurped the throne in 473 AD, killing his father… © Michael Gunther, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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