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Sinagiri: Rajah Kasyapu and the Frescoes at Singiriya

Mike Lord

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Description:Book your next holiday to Sri Lanka, and when you get there head straight for Singiriya! The story is set in 5th Century Sri Lanka – Taprobane as it was then called. A princess from Eritrea becomes the fourth wife of the Raja of Taprobane. The story relates her journey by land and sea, escorted by her brother, from Assaba to Puttulam, and their adventures on the way, even being attacked by pirates! The story continues with her marriage, and her life in the rock fortress of Sinagiri, meaning Lion Rock (nowadays called Singirya). But, nobody had told her of the mysterious death of the former Raja, or the strange recluse like life that the present Raja, his son, had taken to. From her friends she learned of the younger brothers pledge to take revenge on his brother, and raise an army in India, which he eventually did. Her marriage to the Raja is somewhat of a sham, and she starts an affair with the son of the historian, who had started to write the Mahawansa. When the Raja is killed in battle by the avenging younger brother, following the discovery of the body of the old Raja, her life changes and she moves from the rock fortress to Anuradhapura, the former capital. The story is based on historical fact. Battles, buildings and recorded events are set out factually (although the pirates are my imagination). There was a Raja Kasyapu, who killed his father, and then in remorse became a recluse. He was, in fact, killed several years later by his younger brother after the body of the old Raja was found encased (alive) in plaster in the wall of the old palace. Whilst at the rock fortress about 500 court ladies had their portraits painted in a cave on the rock face, and a few still exist today. In about 1820 the Mahawansa was discovered in a Buddhist monastery in Ceylon by George Turnour, who was a colonial official, and who stared to translate it from the original Pali into Singhalese and then into English. At the turn of the century (about 1900) a colonial engineer found and climbed the rock fortress of Singirya and discovered the picture gallery, with about 22 of the original 500 paintings unravished by the course of time. Five portraits remain today, but nobody knows who they were; one can only surmise. I have used my imagination to give one such lady a name and an identity.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sinagiri: Rajah Kasyapu and the Frescoes at Singiriya. To get started finding Sinagiri: Rajah Kasyapu and the Frescoes at Singiriya, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 168

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Butterfly Books

Release: 2013

ISBN: 1310335389

Description: Book your next holiday to Sri Lanka, and when you get there head straight for Singiriya! The story is set in 5th Century Sri Lanka – Taprobane as it was then called. A princess from Eritrea becomes the fourth wife of the Raja of Taprobane. The story relates her journey by land and sea, escorted by her brother, from Assaba to Puttulam, and their adventures on the way, even being attacked by pirates! The story continues with her marriage, and her life in the rock fortress of Sinagiri, meaning Lion Rock (nowadays called Singirya). But, nobody had told her of the mysterious death of the former Raja, or the strange recluse like life that the present Raja, his son, had taken to. From her friends she learned of the younger brothers pledge to take revenge on his brother, and raise an army in India, which he eventually did. Her marriage to the Raja is somewhat of a sham, and she starts an affair with the son of the historian, who had started to write the Mahawansa. When the Raja is killed in battle by the avenging younger brother, following the discovery of the body of the old Raja, her life changes and she moves from the rock fortress to Anuradhapura, the former capital. The story is based on historical fact. Battles, buildings and recorded events are set out factually (although the pirates are my imagination). There was a Raja Kasyapu, who killed his father, and then in remorse became a recluse. He was, in fact, killed several years later by his younger brother after the body of the old Raja was found encased (alive) in plaster in the wall of the old palace. Whilst at the rock fortress about 500 court ladies had their portraits painted in a cave on the rock face, and a few still exist today. In about 1820 the Mahawansa was discovered in a Buddhist monastery in Ceylon by George Turnour, who was a colonial official, and who stared to translate it from the original Pali into Singhalese and then into English. At the turn of the century (about 1900) a colonial engineer found and climbed the rock fortress of Singirya and discovered the picture gallery, with about 22 of the original 500 paintings unravished by the course of time. Five portraits remain today, but nobody knows who they were; one can only surmise. I have used my imagination to give one such lady a name and an identity.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sinagiri: Rajah Kasyapu and the Frescoes at Singiriya. To get started finding Sinagiri: Rajah Kasyapu and the Frescoes at Singiriya, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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